Joy in Abundance

Joy in Abundance

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To Every Question Asked, the Answer is Resistance.
because silence never saved us—and it won’t start now.
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the curse of having a functioning moral compass
doing the right thing is ruining my life, actually.
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a special kind of dissapointment
not every fatherless child lost theirs to death
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desperately trying to water dead plants
flowers don't grow from guilt
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your brain is hoarding your worst memories on purpose
why you can remember the time you got laughed at in public with 100% accuracy, but can barely recall any time YOU made everyone laugh
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learning to unlove you took me years
on first love, last letters, and learning to let go
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to live for the hope of it all.
a messy, honest guide to choosing hope when everything feels pointless
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crying is hard
the anatomy of a breakdown, and the quiet after
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instilling in myself the idea to do everything i can has made me believe that i can do everything
the double-edged sword of limitless ambition
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to be or not to be a mother
how surviving trauma complicates the dream of raising children
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even sober, i'm still too drunk
have you ever felt intoxicated by your own mind?
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in a life that demands certainty, i choose to remain unfinished
reframing uncertainty not as the absence of something, but as the presence of possibility
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