i've never liked optimistic motivation. i prefer something more absurdist, something that acknowledges pain rather than trying to dismiss it in the moment with an "it'll get better".
of course it's gonna get better. i'm not dumb. but pain hurts. telling me it'll get better doesn't take my pain away in the moment. it barely wants to explore and process that pain.
it can always be worse, though - that sentiment may not take the pain away either, but it validates it and gives me power over it. it reminds me that i'm still standing in spite of my struggles. if i have been wounded, well at least i still have my hand. if i've lost that hand, i have another. for me, thinking like that eases my mind because it takes away my focus from my suffering and puts it on the fact that i'm surviving. it doesn't try to hide that i'm suffering. i can barely hide it sometimes.
so yeah. it will get better, but it can always be much worse.
(you can buy a print of this if you want)
