I Need a Moment: How to Adjust to Disappointment and Find Your Way Forward

I needed a moment so I wrote a couple of poems and recorded a podcast show because I just needed a moment to be.    Adjust Breathe in know that it is your time to feel what you need to feel, your time to have a moment Wanda Toby @Litevi   I Need a Moment Ya’ll gonna give me a moment  A moment to feel what I feel  To sit in this pocket of disappointment  To let the letdown flow over me and settle  in the unsettled pits of my stomach To bubble and gurgle and seethe  Just need a moment to adjust or  readjust to the dimming of hope that was ignited  a glow that dared to burn too bright in a time when darkness rallied Ya’ll gonna give me a moment  A moment to feel what I feel To get it together and figure it out Am I going to fight or watch it burn A moment to acknowledge my exhaustion To cry at the loss of humanity at the choking hands of hubris Just need these few minutes before I gotta go to work - Wanda Toby Article A Psychologist’s Advice on How to Deal with Disappointment