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To the One Who Thinks Wanting More Makes Them Selfish

There’s a particular ache that comes from holding back a desire so long you start to call it a flaw. We learn to tuck our longing behind our teeth, to dress it in discipline and drape it in gratitude. But desire is not a weakness—it’s a flame, a compass, a heartbeat. Wanting more doesn’t make you selfish. It makes you alive…

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Notes on Courage, Courage, Courage in Practice, Emotional Resilience, Grief, Intimacy As Rebellion, War and Tenderness, Collective Healing, Letters Unread, Letters To Parts of You & Me, Social Commentary The Courage Practice Notes on Courage, Courage, Courage in Practice, Emotional Resilience, Grief, Intimacy As Rebellion, War and Tenderness, Collective Healing, Letters Unread, Letters To Parts of You & Me, Social Commentary The Courage Practice

To the One Who’s Still Willing to Feel in a Country That Keeps Choosing Force

This weekend, war was chosen again—with devastating ease. In moments like this, many of us feel the pull to harden, to turn off the news, to numb out. But what if the most courageous act we can offer isn’t disconnection—it’s presence?

In this raw and timely letter, intuitive coach and writer Tonyalynne Wildhaber explores how emotional resilience, grief literacy, and revolutionary tenderness offer us a path forward when force and domination are once again chosen on the world stage. What if our culture’s obsession with control is really a fear of intimacy? What if war is a symptom of our refusal to stay with what hurts?

This letter is a call to root before we rise. It is a reckoning, a prayer, and a reminder that real power comes not from numbness—but from staying soft when the world tries to harden us.

Read the full letter: To the One Who’s Still Willing to Feel in a Country That Chooses Force

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