Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Writing is a way of being in the world, a way of seeing it and understanding it.
When someone is nasty, rude, hateful, or mean with you, pretend they have a disease. That makes it easier to have empathy toward them which can soften the conflict.