Florence Given

It does not make you a martyr.

It makes you riddled with fear.

And why wouldn't it?

Why wouldn't it do that to you?

There's no shame in it.

That's what it's designed to do.

It's designed to keep you in a frequency of fear.

That's why feeling joyful feels so wrong, quote unquote wrong, is because there is so much fear in the world.

There is so much to be afraid of.

That's why actually the hardest thing to do is to be a joyful person because you have to actively swim upstream against the current of all the bullshit that there is to be afraid about.

It's harder.

It takes more resilience.

To be a joyful person that embodies love when the easiest thing to do is to let your mind get swept away with fear, okay?

I promise you, your joy is not selfish.

How could it be?

It gives you more energy to be there for your neighbors, for your partner, for your friends, for your coworkers.

But the causes that you care about

Your joy could never be selfish.

It's the most beautiful fucking thing that you could offer the planet.

It's safe for you to be successful.