WHAT HELPED YOU (EVEN JUST A LITTLE)?

Some of us don’t have a cure.
Just small rituals or stories that help us stay human.

Maybe it’s a walk at a certain hour.
Maybe it’s music. Cold water.
A sentence you repeat to yourself.
A hobby. A connection
A story you are part of.

Maybe it makes no sense.

I’m collecting these.

Not tips. Not advice
Just real, lived moments of relief,
or of connection, or inspiration
however brief, however strange.

If something has helped you feel better, physically, mentally, emotionally,
or made you understand yourself more,
or like yourself more,
I’d love to hear it.

Tell me privately or in the comments.
I can not promise to read everything right away,
but I’ll take in as much as I can
and what I hear from you,
from your point of view, your state of mind, your ideas,
often gives me new insight and understanding.
The kind that shifts how I think.
The kind that makes everything a little better.

A kind of quiet folklore.
A map of small salvations.