today’s unironic affirmation that i am raising my cup of chai and drinking to is: i am not inherently more flawed than others. i am just as good as anyone else. thus, no one needs to rescue me, nor do i need to wait till i am more ’worthy’ to live as others do. i need to engage with reality with principle and integrity, and thus build my identity and sense of connection with others ON real actions and relationships, so my sense of self is not based on fantasies and wistful daydreams and unsteady ground. my true self is most and best evident when i am in the moment and not doing anything to sustain and alter it. all of my running around in circles asking ’how do i grow? what do i do?’ has been unnecessary when all i need to truly do is live

"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally

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