Speak.

The real world. Olivia.

Olivia: What is beauty to you?
Me: Hmm. You go first?
Olivia: It’s the little ways people exist in this physical world. The way they might move their fingers. Maybe this person rolls their sleeve up a very particular way. The way they express themselves.
What’s yours?
Me: Kindness. People who move through life with kindness. There is so much hurt and pain in this world. I want love. I want care. And kindness. Despite all of these bad things existing.

24 June 2023, ~8:30pm.

WhatsApp. Nomi.

Be on your super cool trip and have fun. I’m literally just leaving some one way messages. Maybe just the one actually.

This is my view right now.

And, sometimes, life feels okay. You know? A lot of this hard stuff is gone. Gone. The really really difficult bits? They’re over. And…it’s okay now. I can exist. And I made this money. And paid for this room. And a lot of times these days I feel proud of myself. And I just wanted to share this feeling with you. It’s…peaceful. When has life ever felt this peaceful? I don’t even know.

And I’m meeting all these wonderful people. Like you. Like Olivia. <five more names here>. And aaaaa. All the people I’m even yet to meet!!!

Maybe everything will be fine. A little bit, sometimes, I do feel hopeful. 🌻

Okay. Reach safe. See you whenever next.

24 June 2023, 11:33pm–12:13am.

🎧 The Japanese House — One for sorrow, two for Joni Jones

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