Peace in your soul. Strive to be happy.

As of September 2025, there are more good days than awful days. I still don’t know why a lot of things happened, but time does heal.

I still struggle to reconcile that in a setting where the highest ideals are taught, I ran into so much suspicion, and unapologetic negativity. I try to remind myself it’s about rural conservative Eastern Ontario, and not all Catholics, of course. But since I’m new, and because smear campaigns are so effective, I still struggle with strangers who believe the cover story. This whole experience changed me for the worse, and I hate what it did to me. Writing helps. Speaking what happened as I experienced it, helps.

“…whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.“