7/25

I will no longer be afraid of nightmares.

They serve as a stark reminder that the current status quo—the expected outcomes, the tireless routines day in and day out, this predictable experience of life that I deem as reality—can and will be warped by time and circumstance, by malevolence and iniquity.

In a very strange way, they ground me; they exhort me to eschew complacency—to not to pretend as if I’m free from adversity and free from visceral fear, to not live as if I was shielded in some protective bubble.

There is far worse, unimaginable evil and terror out there in the world that not even my subconscious can conjure up in dreams. Thus, may I live my days going forward remembering that with genuine seriousness and attentiveness, in every moment recognizing that I can make a difference in that fight.