i specifically worded things as i did to make sure i wasn’t dictating to you your experience, but merely asking you to reflect on it. you chose to live free, live your truth, and that’s commendable. it’s true that life hasn’t been easy on you. it hasn’t been easy on any of us. and yet you persist. and yet you live your truth. it’s probably true, yes, that society has taken more from you than it can ever give back. but there’s still something there worth doing, for you. i can’t speak or reflect on what that is or could be. i can only see that it takes a strength that not everyone possesses