Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it’s one thing and one thing only: it’s doing what you have to do. - Cheryl Strayed

You're looking for the explanation, the loophole, the bright twist in the dark tale that reserves your story's course. But it won't reverse — for me or for you or for anyone who has ever been wronged, which is everyone. Allow your acceptance of the universality of suffering to be a transformative experience. You do that by simply looking at what pains you squarely in the face and then moving on. You don't have to move fast or far. You can go just an inch. You can mark your progress breath by breath.

We're all going to die, Johnny. Hit the iron bell like it's dinnertime.

The fuck is your life. Answer it.