24/07/2022
Today is my birthday. And although this is not my personal but my work page, I'll talk about personal things.
I’m riding a morning train. My phone is ringing to deliver me a mix of birthday greetings and Air Raids all over Ukraine.
“Happy birthday!🎁… ❗️❗️❗️Three rockets were launched towards Ukraine from the territory of Black Sea, please proceed to a shelter… Happy birthday, best wishes!❤️…”
Also today is precisely 5 months since Russia invaded my country and is killing my people daily. On 24th of February I also had a very disturbing feeling that it was my birthday because of all the attention and because of how many of you wrote me asking if I was okay.
For 5 months my life is nothing but work, manifestations and volunteering.
Most of my day I spent sorting uniforms for our defenders. EVERY weekend does a tremendous amount of work to support Ukrainian resistance.
On a normal day this is the last thing I’d prefer to do. I’d rather party with my friends and dance naked on the table ( I do it all the time, naturally). But in today’s circumstances this is the best way I could spend this day.
My philosophical conclusion of the latest months is: peaceful life brings you serenity and joy and I definitely crave for it and miss it. But there’s one thing about life that borders with death constantly: even the smallest thing you do to help makes a huge impact. It changes things, lives, people. Like butterfly effect. Saving lives, helping, supporting gives your existence so much purpose and meaning, this is the REAL taste of life, even when it taste like tears. However, this taste costs hell of a price. And I wish we didn't have to pay it.
"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times."
I want to thank everyone who keeps supporting us and believing in us. Every wonderful and selfless person that I met during these 5 months.
And thank you all for the greetings! 😘
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