"People who drink to drown their sorrows, should be told that sorrow knows how to swim".
I chuckled when I read this.
Problems/sorrows/challenges/situations/entanglements (thanks to Mrs Smith) never just disappear when one decides to turn their head in the other direction. Rather, the "thing" will patiently wait for you as you try to drown it, because it knows, sooner or later, you will be back. As it waits for you, or lives with you without invitation, it plays on your emotions daily, as it derives joy from making a mess. Then, when you do return from trying to drown it without success, it greets you with the biggest smile, warmest embrace, a smile and embrace you do not want at all.
Realisation sets in again, it has you by the scruff of your neck, firm, but ever so gently. It has great power over your life. By force, you are stuck together as one.
But, as one matures (and not necessarily grows older), one realise that it is far much better to confront the sorrow or whatever you call it, and decisively deal with it. There is absolutely no point in masking it, covering it up, or as the proverb says drink to drown sorrows, it knows how to swim.
Deal with it, end its hold over you, be free and keep it moving!
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