A gift... for you

This is a gift for you, from me,
the person who writes this page.

What is this wonderful gift
with which I present you today?

Why of course it’s nothing. It’s the idea
of something.

It’s a good wish -
that undeliverable gift.

‘good vibes, prayers, thoughts’ - this, is all of those.

It’s the wish that,

if everything feels like an emergency
or disaster right now,
something feels like hope really soon.

It’s a letter in the post.

It’s the kind of self-confidence that comes
from the full-hearted feeling
that you did something that took courage.

It’s the feeling after exercise.

It’s contented

silence.

It’s a warm shower.

It’s the kind of laugh
you lose control of.

It’s watching someone you love
do something they’re good at.
All your favourite parts of them, all
working together.

It’s wearing something
that someone gave you.

It’s a blank page
in a new notebook.

It’s dreaming intentionally - while you’re awake.

I FOUND this piece in a ‘Public Service Announcement’ by Lorin Clarke in The Big Issue December 2023. It’s a nice complement to last week’s ‘intentional dream’.

As 2023 draws to a close, thanks for being here - a part of my ‘dream intentionally’ experiment. I hope that you are being rewarded in some way on your first read, and on your re-read, of the stuff I’m ‘finding’ and ‘patchworking’.

See you in 2024, aka ‘next week’.