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Joan Ball's avatar

I’m working on a novel that engages with these very questions. I am not a novelist. I don’t know how to write a novel (yet). But I do believe that, in addition to all that you call for in this piece, beauty, art and love have a place in a world of monsters.

Jeanne Elbe's avatar

True, true.

I let these monsters who are so much less than most of us made me want to die though not kill myself.

Once I said that aloud I could rise and say nope . I will go down defiant. Not beaten down.

Maya Gingery's avatar

Thank you Umair.

Freddy Deane's avatar

Thank you Umar. And amen. Profound piece. At our core we all know what’s right and what’s wrong - find strength in that universal human bond and fight the good fight.

Linnéa Rowlatt's avatar

Dear Umair,

This has to be the most humane piece of advice I've ever been given.

Thank you.

Linnéa

BARBARA RUDQUIST's avatar

Thank you. Action is the antidote to anxiety and despair: individual action, or community action. Whether that action leads to the desired outcomes-or not.