Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
On Saying Goodnight to Grief
You do not have to solve grief tonight, or finish it, or justify it. You only have to let it rest beside you while you rest too. It can keep...
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Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
You do not have to solve grief tonight, or finish it, or justify it. You only have to let it rest beside you while you rest too. It can keep...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
After the noise of a day, the quiet can feel almost accusing. Let it be a mercy instead. Nothing is required of you now but to be here, unhu...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Write it down if you must, then put it away. The problem will still be there in the morning, and you will be better able to meet it.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
You are not a machine that stops when idle. You are a living thing that consolidates in the quiet. The night is not lost time; it is the led...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The last thought before sleep has an outsized power. Choose it if you can. Not a worry, not a regret — something closer to gratitude, or to...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Someone, somewhere, is thinking of you with warmth. If you cannot feel it tonight, believe it anyway. Love is often present before it is fel...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Some things are allowed to wait until morning.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
You are not a project that fell behind today. You are a person in progress, which is the only kind there has ever been. Lie down inside that...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Listen for a moment to what the body is asking. Water, rest, the absence of a screen. It has been carrying you all day. Give it what it need...