The Life I’m Learning to Keep #4 — Learning to Stay on Difficult Days
Some Days Still Feel Heavy For a long time, Li Wei believed that healing meant eventually feeling okay all the time. He thought that once he had overcome his struggles, difficult days would disappear completely. But life doesn’t work that way. As the lead architect at his family’s architecture firm, challenging days still arrive without warning. One of those days came when a client requested major changes to a factory project in Guangzhou. The building was scheduled to begin construction within days, yet the client suddenly complained about the overall design and demanded a complete redesign. Li Wei felt the weight of responsibility settle heavily on his shoulders. The negotiations became tense. Every meeting seemed to end in disagreement. No matter how many solutions Li Wei proposed, the client continued insisting on changes. By the end of the week, exhaustion had already begun to take hold. Awareness — Learning That Healing Isn’t Constant Happiness One morning, Li Wei woke up i...