not important

comics

You're not important, in a good way.

What makes you feel free?

flourish

comics

Those who destroy will themselves be destroyed, and those who create will flourish from the rubble.

What do you create?

unprecedented horrors

comics

Unprecedented horrors lead to confusion and resignation broken only by action.

How will you take action?

extremist

comics

They're an extremist!

How are you an “extremist”?

want to believe

comics

Be wary of believing what you want to believe.

What’s something you want to believe?

sickness

comics

Prioritizing profit is a sickness.

What do you prioritize?

where

comics

When I look at where I've come from, where I'm going, and where I am now, I can't help but wonder if I'm on the right path.

Where are you on your path?

gotta go

comics

Sorry I'm late! Gotta go!

What feels rushed?

common sense

comics

Unfortunately, common sense is incompatible with my beliefs.

What’s something you think is common sense?

burden of knowledge

comics

The burden of knowledge is the prevalence of ignorance.

What do you wish everyone knew?

up. down.

comics

Up. Down.

What’s an up and a down in your life?

that which grows

comics

Water that which grows.

Cultivate mindfully.

shortcoming

comics

I really have improved over the years. Though there is still that one shortcoming period and that other one. And that other one...

How have you improved?

now is good

comics

Now is good.

What’s something good happening now?

criticism

comics

Criticism. Criticism.

Words are powerful.

goes away

comics

Nothing completely goes away.

It becomes something new.

productive

comics

Stop trying to be productive.

Just do what you need to do.

small pond

comics

The trick to happiness is to be a small pond in the middle of nowhere.

It’s a good life.

grow as a person

comics

I wish I were rich enough to not have to grow as a person.

Keep improving.

start over

comics

Don't be afraid to start over.

Give it a try.

parts of myself

comics

I have found that the parts of myself that I had the hardest time letting go of were the ones that brought me the most pain.

You’re what’s left.

for some reason

comics

Am I a person or a collection of sensory experiences in a series of generations that somehow started for some reason?

Life is mysterious.

feel change coming

comics

When you feel change coming, it's tempting to hide or close yourself off. Face it bravely.

Change can be good.

take a risk on happiness

comics

Take a risk on happiness, or get used to unhappiness.

It’s worth it.

continuous and profound

comics

When I think of my childhood, it feels like another lifetime. But life isn't the series of smaller events. Instead, it is continuous and profound.

Expand the now.

William Leitzman

Comics About Life

not important

flourish

unprecedented horrors

extremist

want to believe

sickness

where

gotta go

common sense

burden of knowledge

up. down.

that which grows

shortcoming

now is good

criticism

goes away

productive

small pond

grow as a person

start over

parts of myself

for some reason

feel change coming

take a risk on happiness

continuous and profound