#forgetfulness
Giving thanks always for all things. —Ephesians 5:20
Interruptions are nothing new. Rarely does a day go by as planned.
Life is filled with inconveniences. Our plans are constantly thwarted by forces beyond our control. The list is long and ever-changing: Sickness. Conflict. Traffic jams. Forgetfulness. Appliance malfunctions. Rudeness. Laziness. Impatience. Incompetence.
What we cannot see, however, is the other side of inconvenience. We think it has no purpose other than to discourage us, make life more difficult, and thwart our plans. However, inconvenience could be God’s way of protecting us from some unseen danger, or it could be an opportunity to demonstrate God’s grace and forgiveness. It might be the start of something even better than we had planned. Or it could be a test to see how we respond to adversity. Whatever it is, even though we may not know God’s reason, we can be assured of His motive—to make us more like Jesus and to further His kingdom on earth.
To say that God’s followers throughout history have been “inconvenienced” would be an understatement. But God had a purpose. Knowing this, we can thank Him, being confident that He is giving us an opportunity to redeem the time (Eph. 5:16,20). —Julie Ackerman Link
Lord, so often it’s the little things in life that get
to me, and there seem to be so many of them.
Whenever I’m tempted to lose my temper, blame
someone, or just give up, help me see You.
What happens to us is not nearly as important as what God does in us and through us.
Forgetfulness has a talent for forgetting things that you would rather not do. – Michael Lipsey
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Love issues: Not all is kindness and sweetness
There are so many faces in a relationship that one have to be prepared to face them. Some guys are full of things in their minds and others are so demandig. Anyway, in a relationship, a discussion is made of two, and always there is a loser: the man. (This is a sexist joke) Is it?
Eduardo Orozco
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I hate that no one talks about just how distressing memory loss from adhd actually is. I always see memes that are like “haha I forgot my phone, I don’t remember where my laptop is, etc”, but no one seems to talk about how it can really fuck you up long term to just, not remember things that are completely mundane to non-adhd’ers. The memory loss is, however, so frustrating to us. I cannot physically count how many meltdowns I have had over the sheer mental frustrationandtorture of not being able to remember seemingly simple things
in addition to the frustration and shame of the actual forgetting, there’s this constant background dread, because you know for a damn FACT you are forgetting something important at any given moment. racking your brain may or may not bring it to mind, but you can’t be dwelling on that 24/7 or you’d never do anything else, plus it quite often doesn’t even work. so you just. live with it. every second of every day.
you have forgotten something that is going to bite you on the ass at some random future moment. water is wet. this is your life.
@connordewolfe(he/him): I am my own worst enemy
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Title: Password Hints
Connor is sitting, coloring a part of a sneaker with a marker while talking to the camera. He’s wearing a grey shirt, black cap, thin chain, bracelets, and rings.
Transcript: So today I was attempting to get into like an old internet account and I couldn’t remember the password, like everyone does, and after a couple of tries, the website was like, “hey, do you want, like, a password hint?” And I was like, “oooh, sure. Maybe my past self left a great hint so I can get in the account.” The password hint was: “Bro, you got this, come on man.” *pause* Obviously I don’t, past Connor! Moral of the story is my past self is an a**hole and I don’t know what expectations he had for our memory. It was sh*t back then and it’s still sh*t now. “Bro, come on. You got this.” No. I don’t got this and you didn’t have it either.
@connordewolfe(he/him): U know it’s a good friend if they can deal with this constantly.
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Title: ADHD Daily Conversations
Connor is replaying a conversation as two people portrayed by different camera angles.
Person 1: So I went to the gas station… and I got… um…
Person 2: Gas?
Person 1: No. Ahh, umm… [caption: *forgotting common words] I get them all the time.
Person 2: Red bull?
Person 1, nodding: Red bull. Yes. Yes, red bull. Okay, so um… [caption: *then losing train of thought*]
Person 2: Gas station, red bull.
Person 1: Yes. [caption: *finally starts story*] I was at the gas station, I got the red bull and then so basically what had happened was
