What You Can Learn from a Fictitious Jose
You are a mashup of everything that’s happening to you
You might not be Jose and he might not be real, but you are human — and as far as the metaphysics are concerned, pretty darn real.
You might not have a depression-induced eating disorder, but you might be going through something of a similar nature.
You might not be going through the bereavement of a dead spouse, but you might be living through an existential crisis from which you see no way out, no meaning, no hope.
But if you are going through any of these things in your life — and I’m sure you are — I’m writing this to tell you that it’s okay.
I’m writing this to tell you that it’s okay to feel a bit at sea.
To feel like that you are lost, adrift, disorientated.
And it’s important to me that you know it’s okay to not always feel okay.
Why? Because none of us feels okay 100 percent of the time.
Feeling not okay is part of being human.
And it is a dreadful thing that does not discriminate.
Kings, Queens, Presidents — they all go through it.
