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Those who would mock you for empathy have none themselves, and have told the world they are deserving of none. A true warrior knows that the willfully inconsiderate are not worthy of your consideration.

Doing the right thing, making the right decision, can still fill you with regret and sadness. That does not make it any less right, but reminds you there may be a cost to do the honorable thing. A true warrior accepts that hard decisions, like hard truths, can wound.

If punk means doing the unexpected to subvert the status quo in positive ways, then the most punk thing we can do in these trying times is reach out to our friends.

Those in power have created a world that is meant to make us each individually isolated and lonely, and fighting that is important.

When you are discouraged, well-meant words of encouragement can make things worse. Often a treacherous part of you will revel in your own misery, punishing you for your perceived failings. Rebuke that enemy within. Allow yourself to accept encouragement, to see forward, and to know hope.