In my mind

If in my mind, I know something is the right thing to say and I know something is the right thing to do, to feel guilt, to feel regret, to feel shame for doing it—it is all but futile, all but striving against the wind, all but an insurrection against truth. To endure the guilt, the regret, the shame—even if artificial and self-imposed—these may be among the bravest things I do in this life.