Do more

I listened in on a private conversation over break and had some thoughts stirred up in my mind. How often do we get caught up in our worlds of me and now? How often do we pass up the opportunity to play that game with a nephew, to bake those cookies with a niece’s help? How often do we hide away in our rooms, not interacting with roommates, not calling that friend we haven’t seen in ages? How often do we not love fully or live completely?

So, do more.

Play a little longer, laugh… a whole lot more.

Make peace. Brush off every grudge or grievance.

Don’t regret anything.

Remember that no one is perfect, especially you.

Smile… always.

Put down the phone, the computer.
Walk outside.

Breathe in deeply and love every smell.

Squint your eyes and then open them wide, taking in everything.

Write a million thank you notes and actually send them.

Think more. Ponder more. Meditate more.

Read one more chapter, and then another, and another.

Hug everyone. Embrace those you love more often.

Speak more softly, and a lot less. Listen more.

Care always. Do it all, love it all.

Take a walk outside, despite the freezing cold.
Especially in the freezing cold.
Go without a jacket just to feel the prickles in your skin
and love it.

Hold someone's hand

at least once a day.

Make it a new person each day.

Just hold on.

Be creative

Read a story

Write a story

Write a poem

Write a song

Take a lot of pictures

Good ones at least

Listen to music

Good music, and a lot of it

Remember the past so you can make tomorrow different. And thank whatever God you believe in for giving you this day. He didn’t have to, and yet He did anyway.

So, love more.

Do more.