Some of these are kind of obscure but they're all my little comforts that I don't actively DO to help but just kind of notice. some of these are almost a little embarssing to be admitting actually!
- A news reader on the regional news where I am who has a kind face and a comforting voice
- this poem by Katie Jane Garside:
The tension is discernible
But beneath your skin,
A growing time is happening,
And you will be released to an Eden-like garden,
Your soul is allowed to leap here,
And no-one, not even self will judge you,
You are beyond the gridlock of existence,
And the dance of trying to understand.
- toast
- lying in bed feeling really really low but watching a funny quiz programme or comedy stand-up on TV and still being able to laugh or forget about the feelings for just 1 second (I love Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Have I Got News For You!)
- the stage presence of my favourite band and the intensity of watching them live
- drinking tea whilst listening to Cat Power in bed or while creating some kind of "art"
- the relief that I can sometimes achieve from meditation or yoga (again, even if its for 1 single second or moment)
- an odd phrase I hear or read that stays with me, going around in my head all day even though it should be insignificant
- a beautiful sky or tree or beach or some kind of nature that you don't just see on TV or in a picture but you see, smell, feel and breathe in, in real life. its so simple- just nature thats usually a background to your life but its so stable and strong
- just a look in someones eyes for a second that seems to hold so much meaning, even if its not being directed at you
sorry for being so soppy
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"Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way."
- Charles Bukowski, Gamblers All