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

"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