Where do we go from here?

you are allowed to outgrow the version of yourself everyone else got comfortable with

The peaceful deer lives her whole life not knowing what war is

It's so important to have nothing days.

But don't forget how important it is to have something days!!!

if you manage to stop a sneeze, and then sneeze a few minuets later, is it just the first sneeze delayed or is it a new sneeze entirely?

It's not a virtue to focus totally on your own peace and disregard problems around you. Ironically, it's also not a virtue to stew in your own anxiety.

It's one thing if you say "As long as there are hungry people in my community, I'll stay engaged with the food bank," (which probably will actually comfort you because you'll be surrounded by people working for a solution!) but for a lot of people it's "As long as there is suffering in the world, I will self-flagellate with sad Instagram reels," and you might as well not.

never ask a woman her age a man his salary your mutual how late it is in her timezone when she starts posting about that bisexual man