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I’m just gonna put this here and you can take it or leave it. Apologies if it’s a bit long and rambling but I ask that you read it all the way through and make of it what you will.

I’m not going to mice words you’re right that a lot of people live parasitically not contributing anything positive to others nor helping anyone. But that is no reason whatsoever to despair. First off, you are only going to hear about bad people and negative events from the hellhole that is social media. It keeps people addicted to stress and worry by design, and its not as though they’re going to run a news headline saying, “local man practices self-restraint and helps out others in his life”. Don’t be fooled into thinking reality is all misery. The human brain is also not wired to think on such a global scale so keep that in mind as well.

Social media is designed to make you worry, and designed to make you hate. It’s all so you can be used as a tool against whatever they say is bad this week or whatever person they want canceled now, don’t fall for it. Continue to hate to hate, but also be sure to love to love.

If all a lot of people do is take and hurt, then that’s all the more reason for you to give and help. And if you think “well people don’t deserve to be helped” you’re 100% right, we don’t. But we should help and love others anyway. To comfort the hurting, lift up the downtrodden, and embolden the righteous.

I believe this because, to be forthright, I am a Christian. Now, I do not know your religious beliefs. But I know mine. I help others NOT because I think I’m so great, or they’re so great. But because I believe we are all horribly fallen and sinful humans who God loves beyond our comprehension in spite of that. I help others because I am a horribly flawed and sinful human being who God sent His only Son to live the life we all should live and die the death we all deserve. You’re completely free to have your own opinion on that, but that’s mine.

If you have any questions about any of this or want to engage with me in any way, please DM me. I am praying for you, that you do not fall into a cycle of hate and despair, but instead use it as a reason to love. God bless. You make great comics btw.

Digothegoat responds:

Thanks for that. While I am no longer a practicing Christian, I did grow up in a pretty religious house hold, where I was thought to treat others with love and respect so I still try my best. I understand that the world isn’t all bad, it’s more so full of shades of grey, I try my best to stay focused on the things I love, drawing, playing video games and playing bass. It helps to hang out with friends, the world isn’t all bad, theres good out there even if the bad outweighs the good. The name I was giving at birth translates to gods light, so I want to live by that, I want to be someone who spreads joy to others throughout all my days, hopefully I can live up to the name

[Medicine]

Your art style is super cool! Lovely stuff. God bless!

[miss pauling]

Adorable! I love the way you draw faces

[Peanuts Triple Baka]

Awwww that's adorable! Love it!

[He is not here; for He is Risen!]

Happy Easter! He is risen.

[Drawing is fun!]

Heck yeah! :D

[Sadie's Mech]

This is such a creative and adorable concept! Great job! God bless!

[Thank you]

God bless you. The art I've seen from you is great and I look forward to seeing more of it! But regardless of art, its great to see you carrying on.

[Sorry]

I don’t know you and I don’t know who you are, but I just wanted to say that this way of thinking is stupid. Once you’re dead, that’s it. You’re locked in and cannot improve or change, there is no glory nor comfort there. You cut off any opportunity for betterment, joy, growth, and happiness. But so long as you draw breath then you are capable of changing for the better as a person, forming new connections and mending old ones, and moving forward every day into a brighter and better future.

Please know that there is nothing, no lie that you have told or connection that you have broken, that makes you worse than other people or somehow unworthy of life. I don’t know what you believe but know that I believe as a Christian that we are all sinners who fall short of God’s standard, and you are not lesser than other people, as you are still loved by God in spite of that. I have reasons for believing this as a Christian, as outlined in Psalm 136, John 3, Romans 5, and Romans 8:39.

You can take or leave it, but regardless. Your worth is not dependent on how many mistakes you did or did not make. It is not dependent on how skilled you are at art or if people like your art. Your worth does not go away when you lie and mess up and sin. Your worth is not even dependent on how you feel about yourself or if you even like yourself. You have worth intrinsically.

Ultimately, even if you dismiss what I believe. Do not kill yourself, as only the living can change and grow.