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give me your best "it will be alright" quote or saying

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LadyCybilCrawley · 16/05/2014 02:03

got news today that I cant share with anyone - not my husband, not my children, not my staff, not my team mates, not my parents, not my best friends - it will have significant impact stuff - I cant talk about it and its made me fairly miserable - awfully miserable - I am red eyed and in a bad mood

so .... give it to me ... you best Annie impression of the Sun Coming Out Tomorrow, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, or some quote about there being a silver lining in every cloud

Go on, hit me with it, do you best, because today cant get much worse ... I think

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Hoppinggreen · 16/05/2014 08:13

DH's a Grandma was Austrian and lived through the Nazis, occupation by the Russians and turning up in rural Bradford just after the war Unmarried and pregnant. She was a lovely lady but tough as old boots.
Her response to everything was " nobody died" - when crap happens to us we always say it to each other. It makes us realise that you can get through things you never thought you could .

MrsBodger · 16/05/2014 08:12

Oh and just remembered my friend whose older brother died as a young man very unexpectedly. His mother got one letter of condolence (among many others) which began 'What a terrible start to the New Year . . .'

Shizzy · 16/05/2014 08:12

Mine is:

'This too shall pass'.

Hope everything works out okay for you.

BertieBotts · 16/05/2014 08:12

I'm not big on God but I like this one.

When god closes one door, he always opens another, even though sometimes it's hell in the hallway!

Makes it feel finite rather than like it will go on forever.

MrsBodger · 16/05/2014 08:11

One of my favourites 'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof' - not 100% sure what it means but I think it's sort of 'deal with the things you have to deal with now and don't exhaust yourself trying to deal with the things that are to come'. Anyway it makes me laugh cos it's so ponderous.

Also love Churchill's one that goes something like, 'I have had many troubles in my life, most of which never happened.'

Good luck.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 16/05/2014 08:09

My favourite is a bit flippant but also very deep

"Time has a funny way of passing"

fuzzpig · 16/05/2014 08:07

In the midst of winter I found that there was within me an invincible summer

fuzzpig · 16/05/2014 08:06

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.

KikitheKitKat · 16/05/2014 08:04

My Great Grandad's fave one was "You die if you worry, you die if you don't". A round-about way of saying if you can'y do anything about it there's no point worrying. Sounds a bit harsh but he was born in 1878!

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LadyCybilCrawley · 16/05/2014 08:02
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Dwerf · 16/05/2014 08:00

I quite like: It'll all be okay in the end, and if it isn't okay, it's not the end.
My dad is even more succinct: This will pass.

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LadyCybilCrawley · 16/05/2014 07:54

Oh and I read all posts quite a few times - thank you

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LadyCybilCrawley · 16/05/2014 07:53

Thanks ladies - this actually helped

I can't sleep

Am pondering what tomorrow will bring

Have the headphones on in bed now listening to a bit of Abba - hard to cry listening to Waterloo

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zoobaby · 16/05/2014 03:36

Que Sera Sera. Has it's own jaunty little song and all.

Justawaterformeplease · 16/05/2014 02:54

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

  • Washington Irving

Joseph Campbell — 'We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.'

Coumarin · 16/05/2014 02:48

'On particularly rough days, when I'm sure I can't possibly emdure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that's pretty good.'

and

'This too shall pass.'

saffronwblue · 16/05/2014 02:35

All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well. Julian of Norwich 1390

ShadowsCollideCantLogInToMN · 16/05/2014 02:34

Thane, I love Desiderata. 'If' by Rudyard Kipling is great for such times, too. I chant it in my head often, when I'm struggling to manage.

DevonCiderPunk · 16/05/2014 02:34

www.lettersofnote.com/2010/01/hang-on-my-love-and-grow-big-and-strong.html

I know how that feels OP, I have something similar going on. Be brave.

SecretWitch · 16/05/2014 02:32

My mum still tells me, no matter what happens in your life, no matter what you do, you are loved. I say it to my children now.

ShadowsCollideCantLogInToMN · 16/05/2014 02:30

Well, after every MC I had, my Mum came out with the delightful 'it wasn't meant to be'. When DP and I were mad busy with work in the run up to Christmas a few years back, his Mum said 'I don't know what has you so busy, it's not like you have children or anything. This was only a few weeks after the baby I had miscarried would have been due. Lovely.

My wonderful Nan, who at 87 is slowly dying from leukaemia, has the best outlook on life, ever. She always says 'what's for you won't pass you'. She's very wise, accurately predicted DP and I getting back together after an 18 month separation years ago. So she'd tell you that 'it will all be alright in the end'. She's almost always right, too. You must be going through a difficult time. If I could send my Nan off to give you hugs and tell you that it will all be okay I would. A cuddle and some soup from my Nan fixes everything.

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SecretWitch · 16/05/2014 02:27

Ohhhh...wait..how about...smile!even though your heart is breaking or God never gives your more than you can handle...or..in my case I guess you might want to say " Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out"...

My mum always used to say when I was very young and I tears over something.. " Secret, Nobody is going to take your birthday away over this"..

ThaneOfScunthorpe · 16/05/2014 02:26

I know it's a bit cheesy, but I like the Desiderata.

There's a line in it that goes "...whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should".

In fact all of it is quite comforting, if a little spiritual-lite.

I hope you're ok. There must be someone you can talk to in RL?