📅 MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH! 📅

For my well-being as a whole, I’d say I’m a pretty optimistic person with dashes of realism. 😎

But for the Intellectual in me, I’m more of a pessimistic optimist. ⁉️

To clarify: I prepare for the worst, and I hope for the best! 😅

As we’ve entered a new decade, I am pleasantly surprised to look out at our society and see how far we’ve come.

💧 We have water we didn’t have to filter! 💧

🛣️ We drive on streets we didn’t have to pave! 🛣️

📚 And we read books we didn’t have to write! 📚

🎶 We listen to music we didn’t have to produce! 🎶

💊 We use medicines we didn’t have to create! 💊

🙏 And we have so many things we can be grateful for! 🙏

🤬 “DONALD, DON’T BE NAIVE! WHAT ABOUT…?!” 🤬

Of course! The history of our humanity hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows, no doubt! 🌈

Big shifts in our world included mass plagues, wars, and violent revolutions, things most of us have never had to experience in our lives! 👍

I agree with you; there’s no point in denying the dark points in history! 💯

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 “𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁” 𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. ✍️

But, in spite of all that, in spite of all the negatives I could tell you about in history, we as humans have nevertheless continued to move forward. Consider this: we have not yet allowed ignorance to completely destroy us and our neighbors to oblivion! 😊

Looking at our current society, from modern agriculture to medicine to artificial intelligence, I see us continuing to make great strides forward in science and technology! 🤖

To give you one stunning fact: the average life expectancy in the past century has gone up from age 30 to 70! 😱

🤬 “DONALD! HELLO?! COVID-19!” 🤬

Of course! We’re all currently going through a crisis right now with the COVID-19 pandemic. And indeed, there’s a ton of things I can tell you I feel very concerned about during this time. 💯

I could tell you about my concerns for loved ones who are very susceptible to this virus. I could tell you about my concerns for those who think the virus is a downright hoax. I could especially tell you about my concerns of mental health and the impact our lockdowns have had on it. 😨

…and speaking of which, that’s why I share this post with you today! 🙌

In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, my hope in sharing this post is we continue expanding our understanding of mental health and focusing on long-term solutions to improve it. ❤️

❤️ 𝑾𝑬’𝑹𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺!!! ❤️

While I personally can acknowledge the progress above and am grateful to be living in this day and age, I’ve noticed many people, even before COVID started, are more pessimistic and cynical than ever! ⁉️

Factually, we’ve come so far as a civilization. But for many people emotionally, it doesn’t “feel” like it has. 😨

Why is that?! If we live in such affluent times with more resources than ever for us to be happy, why are so many still unhappy?! ⁉️

If so many of us have more than our basic needs for food, water, and shelter, why have we seen suicide rates rise?! 😱

Yeah! 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬! (Source: https://bit.ly/3eCcMkJ) 📈

🌺 How, if there’s so many flowers in our gardens, do we still feel like we’re missing something? 🌺

Are we just so ungrateful that we can’t see what’s right in front of us? 🤔

Are we just not reminded enough about the facts and how great we have it compared to our ancestors? 🗣️

Are we just simply more open these days about our emotions, hence the increase in depression and anxiety diagnoses? 📄

I think these answers may be part of it, but I also think it’s multifaceted. So if you are looking for a simple answer to these questions, you’ve come to the wrong post! 😅

But while I don’t have all the answers, I will propose at least one big contribution I believe our society greatly neglects. 👥

To explain, I’m reminded of the words of Palmer Joss in the 1997 film “Contact”: 🎬

“𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆? 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚? 🤔

𝑾𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒃. 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒚𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 💨

𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈? 𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒃𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏?” 🧭

The words of Palmer Joss also remind me of the words from Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl: “Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.” ✍️

I want you to read Frankl’s words again but slower:

➡️ “𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿.” ⬅️

🌺 We have many flowers in our garden. But we have little meaning to WHY these flowers matter. We’re told to appreciate them, but we don’t understand WHY we should. 🌺

❤️ 𝑾𝑬’𝑹𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺!!! ❤️

The problem I see happening is:

We’re mastering Quantity at the expense of Quality. ⚖️

We’re mastering the Objective at the expense of the Subjective. ⚖️

And we’re mastering Intelligence at the expense of Emotional Intelligence. ⚖️

We’re mastering our Outer Worlds at the expense of our Inner Worlds. ⚖️

We’re mastering what we Want at the expense of what we Need. ⚖️

And we’re feeding our Heads at the expense of our Hearts. ⚖️

Or to use the Hopi word: Koyaanisqatsi, which means “life out of balance”. ☯️

I see no better time than this day and age we live in for more and more people to be experiencing an existential crisis, a serious contemplation on whether one’s life has any purpose or meaning. 🤷‍♂️

I can tell you from personal experience, having an existential crisis is VERY unpleasant! And sadly, I know some individuals who didn’t make it out of them alive. 🕳️

In a world filled with paradoxes and contradictions, a world we’re told has absolute truth yet contradicting ideas keep filling us with doubt, a world which at times seems pretty absurd, what is a person supposed to believe anymore?! 🤯

Think about it: If everything you were once told to believe and embrace about life was irredeemably challenged, and the ideals you once stood for were now reduced to a pile of rubble, what is the next rational step for a person to take? 🙉

It’s why I can’t blame someone who has had these life experiences and has become so cynical because of it. As George Carlin put it: “𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘺𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵.” 🎭

But let me assure you: 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. ❤️

❤️ 𝑾𝑬’𝑹𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺!!! ❤️

I believe Johann Hari said it best when he said our society is great at doing many things, like the things I mentioned above with science and technology. 👍

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀. 😨

We all need to feel like we belong in this world, the need to feel like our lives have purpose and meaning, the need to feel like we are seen and appreciated by others, the need to feel like we have a compelling future to look forward to. You could even call these “the needs of the soul”. ❤️

And yet, how many people right now are actually getting these needs met? 💔

How many people are instead just being told to “be happy” or being told to just remember “how great our country is”? 💔

🌺 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀. 🌺

And when you understand the problem in this way, it seems more than reasonable to me that we can’t just keep telling ourselves the story that Depression and Anxiety are only caused by a lack of brain chemicals. 😱

Perhaps our emotions have been messengers trying to tell us something important. 📬

Perhaps our emotions have been signaling to us the way we’re living is making us ill. 😫

Perhaps we’re living in an environment which magnifies, reinforces, and exacerbates our psychological problems. 😱

To clarify, I’m NOT claiming any conspiracies here. I’m also NOT saying any of this is being done intentionally. What I am saying is that this may be the long-term result of a society which continues to turn off the alarm bells when the alarm bells keep going off for legitimate reasons. ⌛

We’ve been so focused on external factors to “fix” these alarm bells, whether it was through drugs, alcohol, food, or needless distractions that we’re in the collective habit of inadvertently killing the messenger! 💊

❤️ 𝑾𝑬’𝑹𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺!!! ❤️

I’ve talked in the past about being very passionate about advocating what I call “the psychological development of the individual”.

⬆️ 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆! ⬆️

THIS is the reason I’m so passionate about it. It’s why I’ve surrounded myself in the field of Personal Development. It’s why I’m such a fan of philosophy. It’s why I’m such a supporter of Tony Robbins’s work. 💯

𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜’𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 😔

Compared to where we were a few decades ago, we’re now living in a much more complex world. We’re no longer going to be able to solve these complex problems with the same simplistic thinking which created them. 👍

So what I’m advocating for is developing our Emotional Intelligence, developing our Cognitive skills, and encouraging the Psychological Development of the Individual. 💯

We’ve assumed for too long these skills would simply develop naturally with little effort. But again, look at where many people are now. 😔

It’s important I emphasize: ⛔ I’m NOT saying to start neglecting or throwing out what science and technology has to offer! Not at all! ⛔

I’m not saying we need to choose one OR the other; 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. ☯️

As science and technology moves forward with greater complexity, I want to ensure we as individuals move forward too, with a more complex understanding of “knowing thyself”. 😊

But what will this require?

🌟 We need to appoint and elect more leaders of integrity, of emotional intelligence, who build trust in leading through their example; that’s how we decrease cynicism.

🌟 We need to create meaning where there’s meaninglessness to be found in people’s lives; that’s how we decrease nihilism.

🌟 We need to teach people HOW to think and not WHAT to think; that’s how we develop cognitive and critical thinking skills.

🌟 We need to develop self awareness, to challenge our black-and-white thinking, and learn how to communicate civilly with those we disagree with; that’s how we develop empathy.

🌟 We need to learn to compromise, to promote societal order, to re-establish moral standards and mutually agreed upon truths; that’s how we decrease anomie.

And I won’t be so naive as to think implementing these ideas will be easy, that they will be some quick fixes, that people will be so easily convinced they are necessary endeavors. ✅

I know that me just saying this here doesn’t mean people are going to take any action to do these things. But at the very least, I hope I planted some seeds in people’s minds to think about. ✅

These initiatives will require many more people to step forward and be a part of the change. This is not meant to be like some political statement; it’s just something I’ve been passionate about sharing for a while. I now have the words finally written out! 😁

🚨 Because I don’t want to keep seeing people needlessly suffer! 🚨

❤️ 𝑾𝑬’𝑹𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺!!! ❤️

These ideas I share with you now are NOT EVEN MY IDEAS! They are not original! These ideas have been around a very long time! 😲

The problem is we’ve either forgotten how important these ideas are or we were simply never introduced to them in the first place. And if you have never before, consider yourself introduced now! 😅

You won’t learn these ideas browsing social media posts, I can guarantee you that! 😉

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 🎮

I can assure you: there’s a profound sense of humility which comes when you realize how little you know, how far we can all expand our understandings of the world, if we all make the conscious choice to. ❤️

I’ll leave you with wisdom from the philosopher Bertrand Russell. When asked what advice he’d give to future generations, he said this in 1959: 🗣️

💬 “𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆; 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕.” 💬

Thanks for reading! Let me know if you found this helpful! ❤️