Resilience is not optimism. It’s defiance. The Hit That Keeps Coming Life will take you down. Everyone else will, too. Sometimes with intent. Sometimes by accident. Sometimes just by existing near you when you are already on the edge. It’s not a question of if. It’s when. You will get blindsided by people you trusted, institutions you served, and systems
Tag: pain
Pain does not lie. It does not flatter. It simply tells you that you are still alive. The Tiny Violence We Pretend Is Nothing No matter what they say, it still effing hurts.That is the truth. Every single time. People like to sanitize the experience of pain. They put soft words around it, like “just a quick poke,” or “a