about spreading joy

hello friends... i rarely post here but that is okay!

i am typing on my slow little phone, there may be typos that I may not care enough to fix...

it is so very special to spread gentleness and love to everyone around you regardless of who they are and what they think of you, as long as it is sure to not be bad for you at all...

maybe you can afford to share a little bit of candy with your classmate, compliment that cool person's shirt, maybe you can afford to be a delight, because delights are remembered, and your love will spread like branches and reach people you could've never imagined

when they go to sleep they will think of you, you who could afford to share that little bit of candy, you who complimented them, you who could afford to be a delight. how many times could we have been pulled out of a gloomy moment, if someone had reminded us that there are good things ahead, meals to have and laughs to share, rest to enjoy and warmth to embrace

when i need a hug I might think of myself and curl into a shell of dismay, I am alone and there is no one who will hold me— I have experienced cold and violence and tears, at least to some degree— and so, I will open my arms and be the hug I couldn't have, for others...

how amazing it is to love others and protect them like the branches of a tree bloom and reach for the sun and protect us from it, how amazing it is to wake up, how amazing it is to have slept, how grateful I am for every little step