I dreaded helping a friend today (Patreon)

I have a friend in Poland, who isn't from a good background either, and whose boyfriend is even worse off. He loathes the thought of asking for help with anything, so when he asked me to share a fundraiser to help them out, I knew the situation is Bad. And yet I dreaded sharing it - I agreed to, didn't even think of declining - but I dreaded it nonetheless. I don't know what I rationally would have to fear, some kind of backlash, being scolded for somehow doing it wrong, for inconveniencing people, for not asking for permission before doing it. But I did it anyway, I promised to because they needed it.

Then nothing bad happened. And I realised how much that surprised me, for no real reason. I don't have anyone in my life who would scold me for trying to do the right thing, now that I don't talk to my family anymore.

On my walk to get my bicycle from repairs, I saw a tree root that's grown all warped over a tree stump that isn't there to block it anymore. It dodges an obstacle that is no longer there.