Beautifully said. I still have many favorite fossils from my younger days of collecting in the field: marine fossils, petrified wood, dinosaur bone, turtle shell fragments. When I pick one up to hold I am reminded of the long arc of time and my anguish eases just a bit in the awe of cradling an ancient creature.
These are awesome recommendations. You can't just say, "I'm not going to think about the elephant in the room," you literally have to do something else, to focus on something else, in order to allow your mind to take a break from ... well, whatever it is you need a break from. Great post - thank you!
Beautifully said. I still have many favorite fossils from my younger days of collecting in the field: marine fossils, petrified wood, dinosaur bone, turtle shell fragments. When I pick one up to hold I am reminded of the long arc of time and my anguish eases just a bit in the awe of cradling an ancient creature.
These are awesome recommendations. You can't just say, "I'm not going to think about the elephant in the room," you literally have to do something else, to focus on something else, in order to allow your mind to take a break from ... well, whatever it is you need a break from. Great post - thank you!