When you let yourself rest. Actually rest. You will find that not everything in this world is as bad as it seems. The ocean still has waves crashing against the shore, the air still carries the wind the birds use to travel, the creek still is home to the frogs and tadpoles. There is still good in this world, you just have to look for it in the cracks. Look for it in the flowers growing between the sidewalk and the road, look for it in the leaves changing colour in the fall, look for it in sunrises to the sun sets, look for it in the moon's glow. There is a whole world out there just waiting for you to finally look at it. Through the pain, and the chaos, and the self doubt and hatred. Through the sleepless nights, and early mornings, and tired days. If you would only take a moment to look around, you would find the beauty in everything. All you need is to look up, take a deep breath, let your shoulders relax, and take in the world around you instead of building a bigger wall around yourself. If you build the wall too high, you'll end up losing yourself in the process. Even in the middle of war there is time to rest. Let yourself rest, soldier, you've been fighting for long enough.