Sometimes we have hard days. Sometimes we have a bunch of hard days in a row. Sometimes the hard days start to stockpile until you feel like that’s all there is, all there ever was, all there ever will be.

But it’s important to keep in mind that hard days are not our only days. Not our last days. Every new day has the potential to be less hard than the one before.

I’m choosing to lean into that potential right now. Because the alternative is hardly functional, and non-functional is not an acceptable option, not to me.

I know that this is much easier said than done sometimes; I am not looking to make light of this struggle which I know is all-consuming for some. I can only speak for myself. But for me, my desire to live to see tomorrow has nearly always outweighed my exasperation with today, and outshined my despair over yesterday.

A wish for you, dear readers: may the potential for good days touch your hearts too. May it find some space in there and take up residence. As Galadriel told Frodo, “May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”