Presence

Wouldn’t it be nice…
To arrive with something
Made by hand
A page where colors once
Listened to your breath …
A small painting carrying a piece of your day
Not bought, but felt, and gently given …

Wouldn’t it be nice…
To gift a folded note, written slowly
With words that sat beside
Your heart for a while
Ink becoming warmth in
Someone else’s hands
A letter that lingers longer
Than any object …

Wouldn’t it be nice…
To bring a pressed flower
From a walk you loved
Held between pages like a
Secret of the earth
A moment of stillness
Wrapped in paper
A memory, passed from you to them …

Wouldn’t it be nice…
To offer a jar filled with tiny intentions
Little lines of hope, of courage, of light
So on heavy days, they can open one
And find you there, in a sentence …

Wouldn’t it be nice…
If our gifts carried pieces of our presence
Instead of things that fade
Without a story ..
A drawing, a word, a fragment of soul
Simple, and somehow, enough …

#roksanatales

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Wouldn’t it be nice?
Tell me!

Motivation expert explains how two simple words can free you from taking things so personally

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/mel-robbins-let-them-theory-explained-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mel-robbins-let-them-theory-explained-ex1

Deep Listening Day #95 — The Replacements: Let It Be (1984). a true classic from my favorite band of the era, featuring Paul Westerberg, the greatest songwriter of his generation. my personal faves - Androgynous, Unsatisfied + Answering Machine.

#DeepListening #TheReplacements #LetItBe

With posts going around about the Mastodon HOA, I disagree with some of the points made by some.

Should you join the Mastodon HOA and annoyingly "correct" everyone who doesn't do things the way you want them to do them?

Hell, no!

Will people do things in ways other than how you want them to?

Yes.

Is this a moral failing on their part?

No.

Does this, by itself, constitute an attack on you, or an injury to you?

No.

But what are you supposed to do about it?

Nothing. That's the hardest part for members of the HOA to accept. You don't need to do anything when you see someone do things their own way. Ignore it. Move on with your life. See also: bean soup syndrome.

To clarify and defend against some attacks the HOA has directed against me in the past:

I think alt-text on images is a good thing.
I think people should use alt-text on images they post.
I put good, descriptive alt-text on pretty much every image I post, not just "Photo of <X>".
Do I yell at people who post images without alt-text? No.
Do I boost posts containing images without alt-text? Yes, if they're worth boosting.
Do I yell at people for boosting posts without alt-text? No, of course not. See above.

If you're in the HOA, you're part of the problem. Just stop.

#HOA #MastodonHOA #Mastodon #AltText #busybody #NosyNellie #JustStop #stop #browbeat #LetItBe #MYOB #MindYourOwnBusiness #CorrectileDysfunction #BeanSoup #BeanSoupSyndrome #DoNothing #DontDoAnything #LiveAndLetLive

Welches Tier des Waldes kommt in Zeiten der Schwierigkeiten und spricht Worte der Weisheit zu mir?
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Der Marder Mary

#LetItBe