I thought I wouldn’t be able to make it through?! What happened outside!

I really thought I couldn’t make it. That point where everything becomes too much, where you’ve already given up inside. And then what happened outside – as if the world had decided to become even louder, even harsher, at that very moment. I stood there, not knowing what weighed more heavily: the chaos around me or the chaos within. And yet I stayed. Breath by breath. Not strong, not brave – just still there.