Be kind to yourself
Humanity was fucked before you were even born. It's not your responsibility to fix it. Do what you can to make things better, but don't get upset if it seems like you aren't making a difference. Never feel guilty about indulging in things you enjoy or taking a break.
Life is a accident of chance and circumstance. We didn't get to choose to be alive now — at this moment in history, in this place, under these conditions, etc. We just have to deal with it all as best we can
Humans are dumb. We are a bunch of fuckups and misfits. It's surprising we've made it this far. But we've survived some crazy shit. Maybe we'll survive this too.
The planet will live on regardless. Or not. Doesn't matter. In a few billion years the sun will expand and burn it to a cinder.
Doesn't change the fact that you have to live your life right now.
Kiss your partner. Play a video game. Chat with a friend. Help a stranger. It's all still good even if it's meaningless. Savor the good.
The good stuff is all the more precious for it's impermanence. It's easy to miss. Easy to forget. Easy to drown under entropy and darkness.
But it's there if you look for it, watch for it. If you are kind to yourself it might even come to you, like a deer that steps out from the brush into the open when you sit perfectly still.
Be kind to yourself
I've always loved Terry Pratchett's quote on the name of our species: "The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and bigheaded thing to say, wisdom being one of our least evident features. In reality, we are Pan narrans, the storytelling chimpanzee."
It's so true.
I do try, to make things better than I found them. To be kind to myself while doing so.
But everywhere I look there’s piles of shit and bad ideas that somehow have legs. It’s like a massive to do list and I can’t let it go.
Bodybuilders know muscles don't get stronger while you're lifting the weights. They get stronger afterward — while you're sleeping, while you're watching Netflix on the couch. Working out everyday will only sap all of your energy and leave you weaker. It's the same with the mind.
Taking a break and distancing yourself from the chaos helps your body and mind recover, and gives you the space to build the strength needed for the next fight.
@Kiwiana13C @malcircuit While I don't know how to fix it, or even if we can, I do know one thing.
We'll do it together, it's too big for any one of us alone.
Do what you can, and don't forget to make new friends.
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Well. If we don't fix it. Millions are going to die.
So yeah, kind of intentional we must be
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