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i genuinely want to know: how does one box up and set aside the knowledge that innocent people are being kidnapped, deported, murdered--not to mention literally everything else that's happening?
stoicism ig? i have to accept that there are things out of my control, and i cannot let that stop me from functioning entirely.
I am an ant, on a leave, floating down a river. I did not choose my leaf, I did not choose the river. So much is out of my control, I can only afford to focus my energy on things I can control.
hmmm, yes, very wise