Softly In Your Moonlight Voice | 2.7.21
Often we forget the light we are to those in our lives, often we downplay the comfort we’re capable of giving, the security that accompanies us. I find it interesting that there are people that are quite literally warmth to everyone they know, and they’re blissfully unaware of it. Sometimes, these souls are even more than unaware, they even go as far as refusing to believe they are this. What makes this altogether more fascinating, is the fact that I’ve often been accused of doing this same thing, and so while I sit here writing about someone in my life that cannot see the strength of their own light, I probably do the same in theirs, at least I hope so.
We have a problem in recognizing things in ourselves worthy of our pride. We struggle to acknowledge that sometimes, we get it right, and sometimes we are a source of such beautiful comfort to those that waltz into our lives. There is a time and place for grand gestures, over-the-top displays of love and affection, but there is also some stunning alchemy in the simpler ways people show up for us. A voice the reads to you before bed, a foot under the sheets finding yours, a glance across a crowded room when you’re feeling overwhelmed, a phone call when you’re lonely.
My advice today: thank those that are this in your life, but also, feel a bit of pride (even if it’s hard) that you are this in the lives of someone else.
Will you read to me
softly in your moonlight voice?
Will you light the dark?
Haiku on Life by Tyler Knott Gregson
Song of the Day
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Oh this one is so good. Let’s all agree to do a better job of recognizing our own light, and focus on being bright for those around us. Imagine how great the world would be if we all leaned into this
What you describe here is wonderful. Thank you for demonstrating it so well!
It is so precious when people can find each other in that intimate way. Sad is when people can’t communicate what they mean to each other. So, we must shout it out to each other and get specific. When one lover says “I love you,” and the other says “me too,” the job is not done. This is no time to be laconic! We need to also show in more than just verbal ways — touching, looking at each other fondly, smiling — what we mean to each other. Depending on their background, people coming from unhealthy family situations may actually have to learn those skills.
My haiku is deliberately a simple statement that tries to get down to the basic level. It says unambiguously what it means to say.
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For my Dearly Beloved
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you light up my life
I so want to be for you
what you are to me
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