As cheesy as this sounds - even if you’re failing by all the world’s metrics of success, if you can lift someone else up today - even in the smallest way - you’ve done something of weight and - for all involved - kept the darker things at bay.

And multiplied by many, a society that values this will outlast every society that doesn’t anyway.
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@Cognessence I sent a free record of mine with a discogs order & got this reply

"Thank you a thousand times for your kindness and the privilege of sending me your own music as a gift and not at least your kind message. I can’t barely explain how much this means to me. Just an hour before I had a very unfriendly contact with a seller and then I picked up your parcel from the Hermes Shop and all negative feelings were blown away. It really brightened up my day!"

Their message brightened my day!

@ebauche Ah, that's an absolutely lovely occurence, Ebauche! Thanks for sharing. 😍