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Ol Janx Spirit

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32. I--no, we all--feel your pain. You may have read this already, but whenever I feel overwhelmed...

Thu May 22, 2025, 11:03 PM

May 22

...I turn to the most powerful memoir I've personally read: Night, by Elle Wiesel. You can read it for free here:
https://www.renaissanceacademyschools.com/uploads/1/5/2/9/15294762/night_book.pdf

It always reminds me of the resilience of the human soul; and how--no matter how bad things may be for me at the time--my situation is still relatively fantastic in the scheme of human history.

For some odd reason it spurs my creativity. Perhaps that comes from looking at the world just that little bit differently.

The other thing it always reminds me is to not despair. No matter how bad things seem they can always change for the better.

We must find strength where we can. History will not be written by the current set of losers in the Administration.

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