@Blosept1 My dad got diagnosed with cancer for the second time. So, I decided to get him and my mom’s signatures tatttooed on me to make sure I would always have a piece of them with me.
The irony is, it actually takes going through hell and back to develop the ability to stay levelheaded and not miserable. You do not know the wars I have seen, the demons I have fought, the rage I am still taming — to learn to be this committed to peace.
You feel hopeful. And those are not the same thing. Hope has kept you loyal to versions of people that only exist in your imagination. Hope has had you rehearsing timelines where they wake up, where they realise, where they finally become.