From John Pavlovitz:
This is your first time being here, being a human.
You are in the middle of a day you've never been to, in a life you've never lived—which means the learning curve every morning is massive.
Show yourself some grace for the mistakes you make, the times you drop the ball, and for the wounds that never seem to heal. There isn't anything you can do, other than the best that you can do.
It is an unprecedented act of courage simply to wake up in the morning and to brave the difficulties of the day, to fight like hell to get it right, and to get up the next morning and commit to doing it all over again. That's where the victory is.
Being a person of compassion while surrounded by so much cruelty, loving relentlessly in the face of so much hatred, and choosing to care when apathy would be the less invasive path—these are superhuman endeavors that you've chosen, so be gentle with yourself.
This life is not for the faint of heart.
There isn't much about it that is easy.
Congratulations on getting up and living.
Yes, being human is hard—but you are being it beautifully.