Lilith,

Your involvement in their lives reduces the degree to which those children are deformed. At the end of the day, remind yourself that their lives are better, or at the very least less bad, because of you. You have helped them, and that is virtuous.

While virtue may not always be satisfying, think of the alternative while you clean your psyche with one or more of the offerings from the “Simple Pleasures” thread.

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Eudaimonia