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Some days... (in love with life and love edition)

Some days... (in love with life and love edition)

Feb 01, 2023
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Some days when the sun is out and the air is whispering Spring is near and the water is clear and reflective and you take a deep breath and you make a wish while knowing in your bones that wish has already come true even as you are lost in your not knowing and vagueness and wanting the both and of contradictory things, you take just a moment to feel your feet on the ground and your heart in your chest and your soul in every fiber of your being and you can recognize the wholly holy sacredness of it all, this life you have, this life you fought tooth and nail for and even in the victory still struggle surrendering to.

Some days the quiet within envelops you like a cashmere sweater or warm epsom salt bath or the burn of whiskey as it trickles down your throat and in those moments you know “This. This. This.”

Some days you meet a person who just by being themselves allows a part of you to come out of hiding, to exist, to be, to breathe, without shame or fear and you wonder why you ever hid …

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