07/06/2025
Find the things/people/experiences that make you feel... feel so deep that sometimes at the top of your happiness, peace, and love for it, is pain... pain that it's not permanent... that haunting sweetness that shows up when love or joy gets so big it brushes against grief, because you know… you can’t hold it forever. And yet you hold it anyway. You let it fill you, split you open. And then my friend, you can grab a hold of gratitude... and live in thankfulness of the time we have... then you know you are living a life of no regret. Feel full as much and as long as possible.
That’s the good stuff. The stuff that makes life worth the stretch marks and the heartache.
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Find the people who make you laugh so hard you wheeze.
The ones who make your chest tighten just from wanting them to be safe and covered... and your tribe that even sitting amongst them in silence is that warm, familiar , comfort that calms your nervous system and soothes your soul.
Find the place where your breath syncs with the wind and you swear the earth just winked at you. Second and third homes and sometimes your only sanctuary of true peace.
Find the moments that knock the air out of you, not from pain, but from how beautiful it all is.
Feel it all. Feel it fully. Let the temporary-ness sharpen your gratitude, not your fear.
Because when you know it could slip away, you show up differently. You love differently. You pray differently. You spend your time differently. And having the capacity to think this intentionally, well that's living.
