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Connection is our nature There are some conversations I have started avoiding. Not because I don't care. Because I care a lot. Sometimes I see a political post from someone I love and feel my body tighten before I've even finished reading it. My shoulders creep toward my ears. My jaw clenches. I feel that familiar surge of Are you kidding me? And then comes the internal debate. Should I respond? Should I say something? Should I unfollow them? Should I just stay quiet? Someti

There are mornings when I open my phone before my eyes are fully awake and immediately regret it. The headlines feel like a shove. The comments feel worse. Everyone is certain. Everyone is angry. No one seems interested in listening. I set the phone down and stare at the ceiling, already tired, and the day hasn’t even asked anything of me yet. Resilience is supposed to mean strength, but lately it feels more like endurance.