I’m collecting quotes, messages, and misc that bring me hope, determination, and courage when shit is dire and more shit is coming. Quote from Wisdom of the Jewish Sages: A Modern Reading of Pirke Avot by Rabbi Rami Shapiro. Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Something Captain Awkward shared years ago that I saved: MAKE YOUR STUFF AND SEND IT OUT INTO THE WORLD AND THEN DO IT AGAIN THAT’S IT, THAT’S YOUR ONLY JOB STAY ALIVE AND MAKE ART From Sam’s Song at Cirith Ungol by J.R.R. Tolkien: Though here at journey’s end I lie in darkness buried deep, beyond all towers strong and high, beyond all mountains steep, above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say