The world is not binary. Your ex-friend isn't Satan in disguise, actively rooting for you to fail at every turn. Your dad isn't treating you unfairly because he's some sort of wicked parent out of a Roald Dahl book. That girl who gave you a shitty hand job back in high school then never called you back because she's secretly moonlighting as succubus. That's not the reality of the situation. No, your ex-friend couldn't be there for you because he had his own shit to deal with. Your dad is honestly trying his best to do right by you, even if you think he's wrong sometimes. That girl just didn't feel a connection with you and was too non-confrontational to tell you (It's not like you wouldn't have done something similar if the roles were reversed).

I have to remind myself of this a lot. That the world isn't actively out to get me. Sometimes that can be really hard. I've been put through the ringer enough times that I have to start wondering that.

In the real world, there are very few actual villains. There are just a lot of people out there doing their absolute best. Even if they fail sometimes (as we all inevitably do), they want to make the world a better place.

This isn't really an article with any kind of profound point to it. It's just something that's been on my mind for a while now that I wanted to put out there. And I have a weekly column to do something like that, so haha.

So, if you're feeling in a fowl mood and obsessing over what's hurting you...please take a step back. Think about things with the perspective that no one wants to be evil.