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I never thought I'd make it to 30, and every day since over the last 8 years has been a gift. If I died tomorrow I'd still have had more chances than most.
But the world-grief is something else.
I hate not being able to do more. I hate how much money is tossed at nonsense, cruelty, & corruption, when we have enough to uplift us all.
Still, we have to pretend to love the world 'til we do again.
Feign joy even at interests that might seem frivolous now.
And remember that being here is enough.
That's pretty much the thesis of a recent piece of mine on OnlySky, and also what I advocate for in the final one, whenever it goes up today.
You've said it way more spiff-ily here, though, and more succinctly, too. 💛
@MLClark I can't focus on the macro, and I am starting to believe that we shouldn't. Our spheres of influence are in the micro, and in the ripple affects that we can create within them.
Those tiny ripples don't tend to create massive change in the many failed systems that humanity has created, but they can help to ease others who are also mired in them.
I guess that's a roundabout way of saying that life is very much about the small stuff, and it's a lot healthier to focus our efforts there. 💚