Little bit of sunshine/Refreshing cloudburst

I think of myself as a pretty cynical woman, but I got a little bit of sunshine in my head right now.

After recently spending some time regularly with some orphaned babies and toddlers I discovered how easy it is to grow attached to children and vice versa. It's easier to open yourself up with children, but thereÍs no reason it shouldn't apply to other people, too. I've realised how much love there is inside of me to give and I so want to throw it out at the world at this moment. Unfortunately all those I love right now are halfway across the globe, and I'm not presently in a situation where I can find the opportunity to do it (I'll keep an eye out).

But it's nice, anyhow, to know that I've got that inside of me and, by the extraction that the aspects of me aren't unique (though the sum of me pretty much is as long as you ignore the fact that the universe is "limitless and periodic"), that there must be a hell of a lot of people (everyone...?) out there with that same potential.

 

We all have the capacity to love and hate in equal abundance. Most people don't look hard enough for things to love, and there are plenty. I'm glad you found some stardust in your soul.

And yeah, it is easier to do so with kids, as most of them have not buried their hearts under wants, needs and regrets so early in their journey.

 

That's so pretty

Aidan, you've been ultra wise and positive today. I like it

 

You know, I was just thinking about this. Nothing in particular has happened. I just seem to be receiving more of the good vibes that are constantly there, but I am sometimes blind to. Positivity is contagious if you allow it in.

I sometimes, during my darker days, allow the positive people to annoy me. It's so much easier to be a cynic. But it's also a lot less productive.

Smile and the world smiles with you.

 

unfortunately, what red says is true; it's much easier to be a cynic than to be positive, and as humans we tend to choose the path of least resistance.

we are all capable of loving eachother, but it's easier not to. easier not to attach ourselves to "strangers," more convenient to assume others are assholes so we can justify our skepticism towards them, and it's always easier to see the bad in something than the good.

I'm glad you found your little bit of sunshine, and I hope it stays with you for a long time. I find it to be a constant challenge, and I remind myself all the time, to think about other humans as equal to me and deserving of my compassion and respect. but one thing that seems a constant in this world is that people appreciate it if you are friendly and respectful towards them.

 

we don't HAVE to love each other, just realize that when we screw everything up for everyone else we're screwing everything up for ourselves too.

then we can be as cynical as we want, believe or disbelieve anything and everything or whatever, just as long as we get it through our thick heads that every time we're messing things up for everyone else, we're messing them up for ourselves too.

not by some cosmic kahrmic mumbo jumbo, though some sort of something like that might exist too, but simply by having to still live in them same world and kind of world we create by doing so.

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