Confessions of a recovering activist

Mustering the courage to say, "I don't believe that anymore," and no longer attempting to save the world

“I don’t believe that anymore.”

The words fell from my tongue before I had time to think about them.

My therapist, being the talented practitioner she is, paused.

“Say that again,” she told me.

“I don’t believe that anymore,” I said.

I repeated the words for her. But in truth, I was repeating them for myself.

It was one of the bravest confessions I’ve ever…