homo Sententis

Sentio, ergo sum.

There is no failure, only experience.

I movethrough life, collecting moments — sensations, emotions — yet they do not define me. Or at least, they shouldn’t. I strive to accept what I cannot change, and change what I can. Therein lies my agency. In love, in life. "Like a million little doorways

All the choices we made

All the stages we passed through

All the roles we played

For so many different directions

Our separate paths might have turned..."

"...I don't believe in destiny

Or the guiding hand of fate

I don't believe in forever

Or love as a mystical state

I don't believe in the stars or the planets

Or angels watching from above

But I believe there's a ghost of a chance

We can find someone to love

And make it last

And make it last." (Rush, Ghost of a Chance)

Whether you find comfort in such  beliefs, or not, that is your choice,

But they should not be attached to your identity

The serenity’s prayer is about agency for me, not letting experience or feelings define who I am