This Won't End Well

by Camille Pagán

my predisposition to cynicism leads me to seek out the worst-case scenario until solid data points me in a sunnier direction.

Feelings are not facts. I seemed to have forgotten that over the past few years, but fortunately, that’s a fixable problem.

I’m nostalgic for a carefree existence I’ve never actually known.

Fact: People are the cause of most pain. Fact: I cannot handle any more pain right now.

‘What is coming is better than what has gone.’”

I’ve observed that what most people call a worst-case scenario is actually reality, and they just haven’t accepted it yet.”

Life is too short to be living the story someone else has told about you.”

It’s possible obsession is the byproduct of conflict,