There is so much stress in life that I want to find the good again.

• This nest that is my bed on weekend mornings. Laptop, coffee, and soft blankets!
• Vegan butter on my toast. No idea why, but it makes me so happy.
• The coolness in the air in the Fall.
• Sunlight filtering through the trees.
• Storylines that keep me writing late at night and greet me at 5am on the weekends.
• Charcoal on paper and on my fingers.

Life can get to be so much that dark thoughts permeate every corner. No one can stop all the stress. Even the process of deciding to sell the house and move, though positive, is stress that keeps me awake. There’s still guilt over taking a sick day or playing videogames. And there’s this fear that I’ll never be enough.

Acknowledge these moments, these stressors and your fears because they aren’t going away. Talk to people around you. Find a way to open up. Find your way to open up. Because really we’re not alone, even though it feels like it.
Selina