how do you cope?

We didn’t ask to be alive at this time in history. We didn’t ask to be responsible. But here we are, and we must find a way to live with what we know is coming. And, whether we find ourselves hopeful, hopeless, or something in between, we must find a way to act. In fact, maybe all our grieving has a secret purpose:

while they’re still in despair. It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking, “Well, I need to work out all of this stuff myself before I can go and take action.” The truth is you never really work it out completely, especially with a constantly evolving crisis, where there’s always new news — like they’re digging anticipatory mass graves in Pakista

There is no answer to “Why him?” “Why now?” Acceptance is a refuge from insanity; a way to find surcease of pain even when there is no way to make sense of a loss.