"I ʙᴇɢᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴜғғᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇʟᴀɴᴄʜᴏʟʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴠᴇx ᴜs ᴏʀ ᴄʜᴇᴀᴘᴇɴ ᴜs ᴏʀ ᴅᴇᴘʀɪᴠᴇ ᴜs ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪɢɴɪᴛʏ ʙᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴀɴsғɪɢᴜʀᴇ ᴜs."

• Hᴇʀᴍᴀɴɴ Hᴇssᴇ

Sometimes, it feels as though we can never fully adjust to the complexities of life on this earth. It appears to be an everlasting series of bewildering missteps and inexplicable circumstances. Our internal world is often overwhelmed by tumultuous seas of emotion and a bittersweet melancholy accompanies our very existence.

But the remarkable truth is that we possess a resilient spirit that refuses to be extinguished and an extraordinary capacity to learn, adapt, and persevere. Let us learn to embrace our melancholy despite it's overwhelming depth, intensity and richness, for it is only through facing life's adversities and it's sheer, mystical madness.. that we can ever hope to truly become whole.