Prompt: New Year
Greetings, Wednesday!
“2020” has a good ring to it. It implies perfect vision. It is reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties. It could very well be a good year, a less interesting year (alleged Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times), a year that we strive, accomplish, endure, enjoy, appreciate. A better year than 2019.
How can we ensure that 2020 is a better year? Here are some simple suggestions:
- Be kind to yourself. You are a human with limitations, not a superhero, but the beauty of humanity is that we are all unique. You bring something to the world that no one else can. What is it?
- Relearn how to cry. Happy cry, sad cry, doesn’t matter. It means you feel things. It’s ok.
- Vote.
- When you are feeling particularly frustrated or upset, take a few seconds to imagine you are looking down on yourself from a great height. The higher you go, the less afflictive the frustration becomes. Breathe. Be patient. Know that your neighbours have sorrows too.
- Find a place where the air is fresh and the water is clean. Revel in it. Resolve to do your part, large or small, to make this accessible to everyone, everywhere.
- Make your world smaller. Buy local. Look people in the eyes instead of through text on a screen. Go for walks. Look around. Take time to feel what you feel, from base sensations to profound feelings of joy or distress.
- Pet your dog, or someone else’s, regularly.
- Say please. Smile. Hold the door. Offer your seat. Donate a winter coat. Give to the food bank. It’s not that hard to be a good person.
- Love freely, knowing it is an infinite resource.
- Enjoy the cartoons on Fluffy Pool, including the ones below!
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Peace and love,
~~FP
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