*hugs* :<

Thank you :3 I needed that.

Meh *grabs a pickaxe* Betcha that wall's brittle

But what's on the other side?

Probably more brick but, I'll break it down. One moves a mountain by clearing the small stones first

I like the way you think.

*bows* Thank you. I blame the military for making me so stubborn...well maybe genetics to but, it's a case. Of, you just have to keep at it. Life's designed to knock us down. So we gotta get back up and take a few sings back at life to

Time to pull an "Oh-yea!" on that wall with your friends.

As long as I get to drink the Kool-Aid after!

Burr's right. im sure i have some explosives lying around here somewheres, lets make a third option!

I don't know if it will solve this problem, but it could be fun to watch!

There is the invisible sign directly in front of him he can't see; (because it is invisible ), it reads " Go the middle path of some work with twenty thousand watches you have to build up a base and get rich slowly" There is a hidden door with a blended in door latch brick. It is right behind the sign in the middle with the visible part of the sign camouflaging the hidden door!

Oh! I see it now! :3

I've been there pretty recently myself. I'm kinda taking a less active less upset feelings approach XD

I think we all do this from time to time. I just feel depression hitting harder and harder every year and coming more frequently. The old tricks that kept it at bay aren't working any more. It's been a rough couple of years and the world is not helping.

True. This is why I always insist there's a big mudpit or a large bathtub fulla latex to slip into when things go weird XD

Destroy the wall with years of subtle thought planting. Demonic patience wins this war. The world is changing, just help it along a little at a time.

I'll follow your lead!

Right?

55 years here of this s**t and this is still far too true.

Try and stay strong. One day it might break. You might be there to get lucky.

Also: Nice butt. Thanks.

Thanks, Muttifer — this helps, actually. I know this stuff comes in phases, but they seem to be coming more often. I'm having a hard time staying positive about anything I do anymore.


... And thanks! :3

If you keep working you may not get anything, but you will have something: A finished work.

Thanks, Roz. Your words are wise, and I acknowledge them. It's a bit, "It's the journey not the destination," which is truth. And despite my knowing this, the perspective doesn't help the crushing sensations of isolation, irrelevance, or depression I can't seem to shake. I'm working on it, but the energy 'staying positive' consumes is hard to sustain.

*shrugs*

I feel myself heading for another long hiatus, and, in the words of Bilbo, "I need a holiday — a very long holiday — and I don't expect I shall return. In fact, I mean not to."

Relatable. You will still have your own achievements to lean back on if you keep pushing onwards, though. You'll have little more than regrets, otherwise.

Wise words, and in my heart I agree. My frustration comes from an intense sense of insecurity which no amount of 'achievement' can solve if those achievements consistently go ignored. I'm too old and too experienced to feel this way, but I am the child desperate to see his work hung on the refrigerator and that day never comes. I think this time my vanity has finally broken through the surface.

I agree and understand. Wanting recognition for your struggles isn't something I'd call entitled or vain; I'd say the people who can find and rely on intrinsic rewards from any difficult task is a blessed individual, but also an exception to the rule.

Hang in there. You've got plenty of folks who are keen to see you continue to grow.

Thank you, Chocolate. I appreciate your considered response. One day at a time. For now my train has stalled in Mopesville.

Seemed like a busyness plan for whole '18 spring.

I've been having these downer episodes more and more frequently. I need to figure out why and get over it.

Same here (and lots'o'where-else). Hurricane of change seems to be dissipating on the approach, but it should hit directly, when we woun't be lookin'

That is my language for "there is hope"