make it a priority to seek out and appreciate beauty. it may be just another distraction, but it's good at taking your mind off of the bad. i find it in cats, 2d girls, cloudy skies and snowstorms. our species has an impressively high tolerance to hardships. we're born in a hell of blood, flesh, claws and teeth and we somehow convince ourselves that it's all okay (and even worth enforcing upon others by reproducing!) because there are a few nice things sprinkled throughout, such as: friends, pretty things, yummy things, nice sounds, pleasant feelings. these nice things are definitely worth seeking out. do they excuse the rest of it all? i'd say no with certainty, but they're still enjoyable. so if you can get enough of nice things, you should be able to bear with the universal suffering for the sake of getting more of those nice things.

there's also lots of happiness to be found in helping loved ones. don't make your life harder trying to help out, but if an opportunity presents itself, even the smallest help can mean a lot to the person who benefits from it, and the tribal nature of humans rewards helping members of your group with lots and lots of happy feelings. making your friends happy makes you happy.

drink tea.

>>3
i've tried watching lain like four of five times and i can never get away from it with an understanding of its meaning because i can't stop obsessing over how cute lain is. all i think about when i try to watch her show is how badly i want to kiss her and play with her hair and poke her tummy.
>>6
suffering can be avoided with a 24/7 opioid iv drip feed. it's not a good way to live (there is none) but it seems painless enough to be comfortable.