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21.3.12

dull stinging

I don't want to concede but I don't want to be hurt either.

Live on in fearful submission, is this how it must always be? The rebels scorn inaction; the wise know inaction is sometimes the only way to save oneself from an even greater pain--but is chronic suffering a good compromise for safety?

There are things you hate yet cannot eradicate; just bear that gnawing sting, and distract yourself from the pain with the hope of some ending.