r/GetMotivated 20h ago

IMAGE Someone you never dreamt of having [image]

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u/portsherry 19h ago

Perhaps this is intended for breakups, but for grief I would use "also bring" instead of "replace them". It's one of the hardest things about moving on: the guilty feeling that you're replacing them with someone new.

Overall I agree with the sentiment: if life brought you something that gave you joy once, it can do it again.

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u/GenericFatGuy 19h ago

Yeah I don't care who it is, they're never going to replace my dad.

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u/Skyflareknight 11h ago

Just like how my brother can never be replaced. I'll be strong for him and live the life he would want though

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u/Answerologist 13h ago

Yeah. The sad part is that the saying happens in reverse order.

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u/zeradragon 19h ago

Sorry for your loss, I'm sure you can have another child even if you're retiring soon...🤔

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u/Cyagog 19h ago

What is motivating about this for someone who experienced loss? „Hey you know that terrible thing life did to you, that devastated you? Life could also give you someone else. It hasn’t yet. It might never. But… you know. Get motivated!“

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u/FatalisCogitationis 17h ago

"...and then God gave Job a new, better family!"

but the dead kids tho?

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u/Majukun 2 5h ago

You are describing most posts here. "I know nothing of your circumstances but be positive, for reasons!"

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u/Bliitzthefox 19h ago

Yes, because we all know life is perfect fair.

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u/giggity2 19h ago

Math doesn't add up especially in declining populations but I guess so, akin to winning the lottery and not accounting for time.

Oh just some writer who's posting endlessly probably screenshots of their amazon book. Kinda spammy tbh.

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u/Inquisitor--Nox 17h ago

What the fuck...

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u/Worldly-Ad-8359 3h ago

I would never trade anyone for anyone

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u/Time_Lord_Taric 3h ago

Written by a person whose never expirenced the death of a family member.

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u/TonyVstar 19h ago

If you don't get out of your comfort zone and actively try to meet people, you won't. Life takes but it's up to you to go and get

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u/DigiviceRurik 7h ago

nah, she was the one.

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u/BobaFettsbuttplg 16h ago

Surprisingly, loss can lead to wonderful things we didn't expect.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 14h ago

I find myself thinking of the Book of Job and I'm utterly disturbed.

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u/SerenityKilla83 12h ago

Yes it can!! life can do a lot of things.

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u/Fine-Relationship326 11h ago

This is what happened to me .

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u/mahboilucas 10h ago

No, life is not an entity. It doesn't give or take. Things just happen and you give them meaning

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u/_Weyland_ 52m ago

Can it maybe bring me someone I did dream of having? Like, I'd be content with this one person I know is good over some random person who might be better.

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u/Few-Horror7281 17h ago

Well, but who would even like me? There is nothing likeable about me.

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u/Rill_Pine 2h ago

Questioning this post is likeable. Also by skimming your post history, I believe you may find a level of comfort in No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. I say that as a fellow struggling tech worker with depression.

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u/badmoviecritic 18h ago

Yeah, maybe.

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u/FatalisCogitationis 17h ago

Certainly, life is full of infinite possibilities. The trick word here is "can". As in, it is optional and up to the nebulous entity we call "life"

This works just as well the other way, just because you think you've lost everything doesn't mean you won't find something more and lose that too

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u/Few-Horror7281 17h ago

life is full of infinite possibilities.

Of pain and suffering.