It's okay to feel bad for as long as i do, for as long as i need to, and for as long as i want to

I'm sure that if I look through my old journals and notes, I'll find out how I ended up coming to this sentence, and how this line made me feel better. **I don't know why it does, but I can think of a few basic assumptions that this idea rests upon:

• A human being has a right to be unproductive
• A human being has a right to make mistakes
• A human being has a right to grow, evolve, and prosper

And of course, a lot of people can take issue with these assumptions. I'm sure that given an infinite amount of time, a person could treat this as a mathematical proof, justifying each underlying assumption with first principles, theorems, and plainly obvious things.

But when it comes to my own needs, my faith in this sentence is strong enough, and I don't think it'll ever be broken. I think that most times I remember this sentence, I'll feel better.

When it doesn't, I'm not sure what the plan will be. I'm okay with that.