The Anti-Heroes

by Jen Lancaster

During the pandemic, I read that a Japanese amusement park posted a notice about the dangers of expressing your fears aloud, due to the possibility of spraying droplets. The sign read Please scream inside your heart. I scream inside my heart a lot.

How did I get here? Why am I not like I used to be? What can I do to get my spark back? What am I doing with my life? What am I doing with Miles? When did I stop fighting? And how can I get away?

No one wants to hear advice on what they can’t change. Sometimes it’s easier for all of us to stay stuck.

It’s incredibly difficult to look forward when all you want is in the past.

So often people make a choice—that choice is to obsess over the negative things people say about you or obsess over the positive. The problem with either of these approaches is that they both point to you being obsessed with yourself. Giving up that obsession is the key to happiness.”