resiliency
resiliency: an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
most of the progress I've made in my life has come from resiliency.
to not stay down when you fall of the wagon.
when you lose a day or a week or a month to doubt and self-sabatoge and complacency.
to dust yourself off.
get back on your two feet.
and keep going.
my life has been a walk in the park compared to the suffering I see around the world.
me falling off the wagon may not even compare to those in warzones or in crippling poverty or in abusive relationships.
but even though my wagon may be gilded and diamond-encrusted, my falls off of it have still knocked all the air out of my body and left me barely conscious.
you keep going for family. save who you can save. - The Last of Us
keeping the very difficult decision made in the final episode of that show/game aside, TLoU contained a lot of ground truths.
you have to get up and keep going.
it's a simple and self-evident truth.
whatever that looks like for you.
and only you know what it means in your case.
but you can do it.
you have the strength and courage to get back on the wagon and keep pushing through.
so do what must be done.
do it as well as you can.
and you will find incredible comfort and peace in knowing you did your best.