25 october 2025
I should have figured such a quick recovery would have been temporary, but oh well. Things are still going well, and while I'm not able to help nearly as much as I wish I could, I've been told I'm helping significantly, so I probably shouldn't feel too bad about how little I can help. Things will end up in our favor eventually, it's simply a matter of time.
The worse the situation, the faster it goes away. As far as I can tell, this is near-universal, although admittedly I have a rather small sample size. What I failed to consider is that the positive state after a crisis (whether it be happiness, determination, or simply peace) is unstable, and will disappear when challenged. A shame that time is the only reliable stabilizer I have, and time is not currently on our side. It is in the long-term, I suppose, but that doesn't erase the stress of impending due dates from those I aim to help, and it certainly doesn't fix the numerous limitations when helping them.
We will prevail in the end, we always do. Happiness must be fought for, and no matter how tired of it I get, I can fight forever. After all, if I were to stop fighting, things would get unacceptably worse.