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This is why I use a lot of discworld philosophy to reorient clients in therapy sessions. What happened happened. "What are you going to do about it" is really the only question that matters until "am I proud of how I responded?" is available to answer.

This reminds me of a line from one of my high school French teachers: “It isn’t avoir, it isn’t être, and it certainly isn’t faire.”

Yeah you don't get a fair world by simply expecting the world to be fair

or as Death put it, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴏ ᴊᴜꜱᴛɪᴄᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴜꜱ.

I learned this teally young during a game of tag football. I managed to tap the receiver on the back but he put on a burst of speed and crossed the goal line, anyway. Nobody believed I tagged him, not even my own team. His grin was infuriating. Next time I tackled him & got in trouble.

4. It’s also a job that by definition often requires YOU to be the one to make tough and at times even terrible choices