What do you do when...

     ...you know what the questions are? *
     ...the questions are pretty difficult ones?
     ...you're pretty sure what the answers are, too?
     ...the real answers are really difficult?
     ...the answers you give don't sound convincing?
          ...even to yourself?
     ...the answers you think might be right, aren't in character?
     ...a once-considered option keeps insinuating itself into your thoughts?
          ...even though you wrote it off as escapism once before?
               ...and it probably still is?
               ...but might not be?
     ...acting on the real answers would be earth-shattering, regardless?
     ...you barely have the emotional energy to make it through a day as it is?
          ...but a part of you wants more than just "make it through?"

     ...what then?

* Validation: I started mentally writing this last week, and then a new acquaintance asked some of the very questions I had in mind, after talking for less than an hour on Sunday. Ouch.