La Voz de Galicia – Abril 18, 2025 →
Every day, I try to do something that makes me feel good or brings me a bit of joy. I know it might sound naïve, but I believe that in these times—when every morning seems like the world might end—you have to hold on to whatever you can to avoid falling into apathy or giving in to despair. The things I cling to are quite simple: taking a walk with Xan at sunset, calling my mother or my sisters, playing with my dog… And yet, sometimes that other life—the one where everything has to happen right now—gets in the way, and I can’t seem to find the time or energy to do the things I truly want to do. And so the day ends up being a half-lived day, a meaningless day, a day lost from your life.
I don’t know if it’s even possible to protect ourselves from evil, because clearly it comes uninvited and on its own (fortunate are those who’ve never had to face it). But on those days when, for whatever reason, I read all the bad news in the paper, or end up on social media seeing something I didn’t want to see, those days can also turn into half-days, senseless days… Because there’s more than enough cruelty in the world and all around us. There is so much of it—so hard to bear! And it’s so hard not to think about it!
It seems like everything is frightening right now. Every day we teeter on the edge of catastrophe, and yet life goes on, and we have to find ways to protect ourselves just enough to keep living it, trying not to get stuck in the darkness so we can also see the goodness around us, the kind that quietly sustains so many lives. That goodness, the kind that never makes headlines, that doesn’t go viral, that we’re not always aware of—might just move the world in a way as powerful as evil does.
