i mean what could be more BEAUTIFUL

[some of the following is a cobbling together from tweets; some from handwritten notes]

friends telling each other they’re proud of each other

also reminding myself that i can be proud of myself and that can be a full, beautiful feeling

please, please
celebrate what you can, how you can, however you can

please sing to each other
of each other
each day, for at least one
silly, profound moment

one of my favorite english words is friends

also the sparklyboisterous mischiefship that is friendship

make note
make notes toward what you want to keep
noticing—let the notes, all the little bits of cumulative debris
(internal cumulus clouds), let these be
a kind of song, too

to live among & within & through words or more vitally, caring attention—that's the daily practice, not writing poetry 24/7. but living with poetry brain, which could be the same, depending on the day, as laundry brain or long-talk-with-good-friend brain or soup brain

Chen ChenNovember 26, 2021Friendship, Celebration, Song, Generosity, Abundance, Notes, Notebook