I asked last week, Tell me how do you get through a rough day, week, month, year, or even a lifetime. For a tip, a trick, an activity, a song, a ritual, et cetera. I was delighted to seek and receive. From you to me, to you. Thank you. (Edited for precision)
Books. When things are good, read devastating books about how cruel the world can be; it can be comforting to know others have survived worse lives. When things are bad, turn to what a sister librarian referred to as “potato chip books”— books so easy to read that you devour them without a second thought.
Appreciate the little things and go outside more. Look at nature; not just walking for the sake of it, but really looking around at nature and how it exists.
Maybe the fact beauty exists is a reason to keep going.
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