#466 09 Juillet 2025 03:59:23
The funny thing about sadness, though, is that you can’t really run away from it. Not forever.
And another funny thing about sadness is that once you stop running from it, it gets a lot less scary.
When I held that box, when I sat there with my mom, I knew who I was. It was a feeling I didn’t know I needed until I had it and someone tried to take it away.
I guess maybe sometimes you don’t know you lost something until you find it again.
It’s no biggie. I’m a weirdo. And not everyone knows that’s a good thing, yet, is all.
Do you understand? To keep holding on, I had to let go. But I wasn’t really letting go. I was just … changing my grip. So I could hold on better.
Sometimes it isn’t the world that changes. It’s us.
Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote, Lost and Found