Welcome to another week of where the light gets in. This is a swellcast that collects stories about mental wellness. And each week we pick a theme. And this week is compare and despair. And as I do on every Monday, I'm going to start with an introduction and a quote. And this quote is from Oscar Wilde, the great writer poet. Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. Love the quote because it's so simple. And sometimes great lessons are simple and we complicate things
Jeremiah Myer
@Jeremiah73 · 4:53
And I have to remember the things that I have done and the places that I've been and the things that I've seen. I have to not dwell in the despair, but dwell in the accomplishments and the future. I know that at 73, almost 74, you might think that I don't have too much of a future, but I do believe that whatever future I have is going to be pretty spectacular
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:33
And the safety you provide for people and the joy you provide and the community you provide. That's why you're there. And I think the topic of compare and despair really sits around this sort of center of who am I and am I an individual that is herself or his self worth considering as so unique and so gifted and not to be distracted by someone else's magnificence