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IngridsLittleAngel

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17. You shouldn't feel guilty about enjoying life
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:29 PM
Jul 2022

That's exactly what these thugs want you to do. Not enjoy life, be miserable, suffer... You have the right to enjoy life. Everyone has the right to enjoy life. There is nothing wrong with doing so.

If anything, I envy you. I've struggled to enjoy life for many years now with everything that's gone on. Life for me has become more of a day to day struggle and feeling absolutely overwhelmed by everything, as opposed to something enjoyable. I miss those days, and sometimes I wonder if I can get them back at all.

Some of the worst things a person can do: Lose their joy of life, or grow old (I don't mean age.. I mean feel old). Rewinding that feels impossible sometimes.

You have as much of a right to enjoy life as anyone. Whether it be time with your girlfriend, or that vacation in the mountains, or whatever. Don't feel guilty. Embrace it. And to be able to remain positive and find enjoyment with everything that's going on? I'm impressed with it myself.

We both know you are taking everything going on seriously. Taking it seriously does not mean it has to be your entire life. It's okay to say "I still have a life to live despite fighting back." It's okay to take a step back and enjoy things in life.

You have no reason at all to feel guilty.

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