Pursuit

the major sources of depression in my life have been less about what happened to me and more about me feeling like I wasn’t the person I wanted to be
and so the key thing for me has been increasing my capacity to show up the way I want to, and to take action that aligns with what I think is true & beautiful
in that pursuit, the most important tools have been honesty & compassion. these two reinforce each other: the more honest I am about who I am and what I want, the easier it is to be compassionate towards myself, and the more compassionate I am, the easier it is to be honest with myself
and with enough repeated instances of trust, compassion, and aligned action, I get to access more & more self trust, which is a balm for existential despair. if I can trust that I will keep trying to act lovingly, no matter what, then there is always reason to hope