It's a New Year....so you think about stuff.
As I sit in the stillness of the weird time between Christmas and New Year, I find myself reliving many things from this year's past and others. I thought a lot about what is the purpose of all of it....then moved on to, maybe we should move to a new country...and finally landed on thinking about something that really meant something -this community. The community of people that surround me each and everyday. I may have told you already, but if I haven't, your love in my life overwhelms me. Seriously, I sometimes sit at night and think of the small acts of love and kindness that have filled this year, and I weep. I weep at how beautiful it really all is. How, it really all is going to be ok.
It is ok.
This is a mass message (I'm an open book)....but don't feel insignificant, feel the profound community that is connected through these words.
There is a love army out there people...a fucking big one!
I know you sometimes forget that, I surely do. I know it can feel isolating, in the dark 5pm hour of winter, with the fate of the news one click of the remote away. Don't pull down the shades. Well, do what you want, pull them down for a few days. But after that----open them. Find someone to connect with, to talk to, to help, to sit by, to hold hands with (even if it's awkward), to compliment, to smile across from.
Chin up soldier. You’re doing good!