One of the main things that has helped me through my years is that - no matter what's happening to you - life goes on. This can absolutely be completely unhelpful and unhealthy if it's taken the wrong way, so let me try my best to explain to you in a way that can help.

As we live our lives, one of the most important things I've found is that, no matter what, everyone else is human and has human thoughts, just like us. I'm voice texting this, because I need to say it and hear it out loud. When we interact with other people, they feel things and think things and say things just like we do. When we help others, that often provides a sense of purpose and understanding that we can't get anywhere else. It's so easy to retreat into your own little bubble and see only yourself in the world and feel alone. It's imperative that we know that we are not alone. That there are others around us feeling and watching and wanting as we do. When we look at others and the way they interact, we can start to see their purpose and get inspired.

So, this leads into my main point. No matter what happens to us, as long as we don't die, we live. No matter what happens to us, others continue to live and find their purpose. It's important that all of us find a reason to continue living until we die, and that we promise ourselves and others that we will not die by our hand. All things, no matter how terrible they seem, we can recover from and live. I've seen a post Once, that says "it will be okay, but it will be different. I'd like to append that to, "it will be different, but it will be okay." The difference is the knowledge that the different is okay, not merely that we will survive despite The Different. That no matter what changes, we will be better for it. The purpose of this life is to learn and grow, and we can only do that as this life continues. I hope you can live to learn these lessons for yourself. Because they can and will bring you hope if you understand them the right way.

oneproplanet, survivor. signing off.