I kept learning through private chaos

Dear Delyara, What I’m proud of is not just the result. It’s the context. I learned while grieving. Studied while anxious. Showed up while quietly carrying things that had nothing to do with the material in front of me and everything to do with the life I was living around it. That kind of effort rarely looks dramatic enough to be respected properly from the outside. But I know what it cost me. And because I know that, I am learning to respect my own endurance more seriously than I used to.