This is the beginning of something I envision to be an invigorating and informative experience. Given the numerous issues surrounding us in our lifetime, it’s easy for myself to become downhearted and numb, but writing has always helped me express myself and lessen the emotional load. I want to be able to take painful moments from my life and learn from them, as well as document the situations in some way, in hopes of enlightening others going through something similar.
I’ve developed the understanding that everything happens for a reason. This narrative may not apply to everyone, and it hasn’t always been my belief, but through time I’ve noticed a pattern in my life: awful things will continuously occur, and I tend to let them overshadow the good. This has been the norm I’ve set for myself for years, and it’s done nothing but allow the anxiety and dread to flourish, limiting any capacity for me to grow as a person. Coming to the realisation that I’ve had traumatic experiences for a reason has helped me grieve through the process and ultimately learn from it all – not all at once, but again and again. Hope seems like such a futile, fragile thing to harbour nowadays, but I believe it’s something we ought to hold close to our hearts and actively build upon. Hope is what has enabled my survival, and without it the world wouldn’t be what it is underneath the rubble of war and hate: a place of genuine love. Humanity has always consisted of a cesspool filled to the brim with immorality baring its teeth and threatening to devour us whole, but that makes up a fraction compared to the love we spread through the smallest of gestures.
I want to rebuild our world into something better. Immediately, the concept seems impossible from a lone source, and unlikely given that there are so many areas to work on. Despite this, I know that every effort counts. Every effort, no matter how minuscule, helps build the narrative that good can override the bad. Every effort makes an impact and shapes someone else’s perspective, in turn creating a chain of infinite change. The same way we focus on the negatives and let them consume us, we can turn our attention to the good and allow it to overpower.
I’m hoping that through exploration and careful guidance, I’ll be able to make more sense of what’s happening and how I can implement change. From there, maybe our readers will consider the same.