Inalienable Emotions

Last week was brutal for reasons I dont need to go into here. Though it beat me, severely, I didnt let it break me. Several times, I found myself thinking There are people in the world with much bigger problems than yours. There are cities full of people losing everything. How dare you sit around feeling bad for yourself?

Yet, I still felt terrible about the situation I found myself in. Guilty and wrong for feeling that way, but I couldnt shake it.

A few nights back, completely by chance, I...