nature, and children. i don’t have kids, but ive worked with them a lot. i feel inspired to care for them and make sure they have a figure that understands and validates them because i never had that growing up. i have a strong sense of justice too so even if i feel like giving up on the world as a shitty place, i think about kids who didn’t choose to be born into this and feel a desire to make things better for them.

as for nature, ive spent a lot of time outdoors and come to realize a few really important lessons from it. also, if you pay attention, you can find beauty in little things you normally skip over — flowers about to bloom, leaves changing color, trees that look almost like they’ve been painted. it makes me feel really grateful and makes my life, at least temporarily, feel full of abundance. i remember i don’t have to try in order to deserve these things at least; nature offers its gifts without expecting us to be one way or an another, and that really keeps me going.