Finding the Good

Posted on by Addey Vaters

This has been a hard week. In addition to the turmoil consuming many of our communities right now, my week has been doubly hard because my cat of fifteen years, Mitsy, went to kitty heaven. When it rains, it pours, right?

I don’t have much to say today. It seems like words fall short right now. So I will leave you with one of my favorite quotes from the philosopher Voltaire:

Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Don’t forget to find the good things in the bad. The good memories, the writing and art that get you through. The inspiration that can come from dark times. The things that make you sing in the lifeboats.

Published by Addey Vaters

Addey Vaters loves anything and everything related to cats and/or folk music, and is a proponent of the Oxford Comma. She resides in sunny, sometimes snowy, Colorado and her work has been published in riverrun, Sleet Magazine, Black Dog Review, and Vita Brevis, among others. Addey is the voice behind borrowed solace: the podcast and is always looking for contributors to be featured on the show. She admires jovial poetry that plays with language, even when the subject may be more somber.

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