Things to Look Forward To

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May 17, 2022 a project of ServiceSpace How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives, - Annie Dillard - Things to Look Forward To In 2020 when the pandemic tore across our globe, "She [children's bookmaker, Sophie Blackall] coped the way all artists cope, complained the way all makers complain: by making something of beauty and substance, something that begins as a quickening of self-salvation in ones own heart and ripples out to touch, to salve, maybe even to save others -- which might be both the broadest and the most precise definition of art. One morning under the hot shower, Sophie began making a mental list of things to look forward to -- a lovely gesture of taking tomorrows outstretched hand in that handshake of trust and resolve we call optimism." Maria Popova shares more. { read more } Be The Change If you're inspired to, make a spontaneous list in this moment, of five things you're looking forward to. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Barbara Kingsolver on Knitting as Creation Story Translating Meaning Into Life: A Taoist Parable The Keys to Aging Well The Gentle Art of Blessing Live a Life Worth Living A Pandemic Poem-Prayer Advice from 100-Year-Olds On the Road with Thomas Merton DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 242,041 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More