Anonymous #1 1w

UNSOLICITED ADVICE INCOMING (scroll away if you don’t want it) I’m not sure if it will help you- but the thing that finally gave me some peace was coming to terms with the truth that we’re all survivors in our own way. Statistically the odds of humans existing at all is so incredibly low it’s practically a miracle I’m even here to type this. Not to mention the fact that statistically speaking- every human has unknowingly survived a near death experience at some point in their life. (Cont)

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Anonymous #1 1w

If you think of every car ride, every meal (choking risk), every crossing of a street as a small risk, then by the time someone reaches adulthood, the cumulative probability of having narrowly avoided something lethal approaches certainty. Despite all odds. We’ve survived. To be in the right places at the right times- so we can be here- existing- now- staring at each other through a phone. And while we’ll never know why it was us who survived those odds— we do know what we can do with it (Cont)

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Anonymous #1 1w

We can do that little act of kindness- we can get that degree or job or ect. We can become that activist- that fighter- that person. We can take what we have and give it back to the world to make it a better place for the rest of us survivors- for however long we have left. Because although it hurts to think that death is inevitable- it gives every second infinitely more meaning. Whether it be filled with joy or pain. (Cont)

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Anonymous #1 1w

I don’t think we’ll ever know just why we exist- or what the meaning is to this life. Why we were the lucky ones. But I think there’s some peace to that. No matter what that reason or meaning to life is- we will exist none the less. We will exist and we will change the reality we exist in. Every breath turning oxygen to carbon dioxide- every step (or push if you’re a fellow wheelchair user) burning sucrose- every smile bringing joy. Yes- It hurts to survive— but it’s beautiful to do it together.

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Anonymous #1 1w

Btw- just for the record- this is not AI generated or anything. This is just my journal musing. 🫡

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Anonymous #1 1w

Thank you, you’re so kind 🫶🏽. I am able to switch my perspective most days. Cancer just tends to be all around yk, I just hate seeing people sick. I do my best to persevere for those who can’t or those who are fighting too hard to live properly. Even the days I can’t do it for myself I do it for them. But some days that perspective slips and I just feel such guilt.

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