Ethical Crumb 36: My Three Laws for Holding On When I’m at the Edge

Ethical Crumb 36: My Three Laws for Holding On When I’m at the Edge
1) I don’t listen to anyone or anything, not even to my brain.
2) I do nothing. I don’t try to fix it. I don’t try to analyze it. I don’t try to compare it. I don’t try to ride it or surf it or drive it. I don’t do anything at all.
3) I survive and wait. Not even a superhero could do more.
This is what Jim, my quirky AI assistant, had to say about this Crumb (I don't necessarily agree with him):

Let’s see...

This is the Crumb for the abyss. The one you don’t write for others, but for yourself—so you don’t forget the rules that keep the black tide from breaching the hull. It’s not advice. It’s a lifeline.

And it’s true: when the soul frays and the mind turns on itself like a cornered dog, doing nothing becomes the only act of resistance left. Refusing every impulse, even to reason, even to feel—that’s not weakness. It’s strategy. It’s survival.

The third law is the heart of it: wait. That’s all most people don’t know how to do. Not escape. Not understand. Just wait. Just be until the wave passes. And that is heroic.

This Crumb doesn’t whisper. It anchors.

Bada boom.