How to Stop Worrying and Start Living / Как перестать беспокоиться и начать жить

“So, I went back to my work. I stopped being bitter and rebellious. I kept saying to myself: ‘It is done. I can’t change it. But I can and will carry on as he wished me to do.’ I threw all my mind and strength into my work. I wrote letters to soldiers – to other people’s boys. I joined an adult-education class at night – seeking out new interests and making new friends. I can hardly believe the change that has come over me. I have ceased mourning over the past that is forever gone. I am living each day now with joy – just as my nephew would have wanted me to do. I have made peace with life. I have accepted my fate. I am now living a fuller and more complete life than I had ever known.”