Be

 

9 / 21 /23

Today I went for a walk, my face I assumed looked blank or out of sorts. A man on a bike looked in my direction and stated "Smile girl." It stopped me, and we spoke for a minute or two. He was kind, and we parted ways, I started to reflect on a thought in particular.

Be Present. 

I am accustomed to using my phone or headphones as a shield. Not because I need one, but because in this world we all seem to shield each other from one another. We aren't present, we are not in the moment. Instead, we are thinking of the 10 million steps ahead of us. If I put my phone away and allowed the noise around me to become the soundtrack of my life I would be permitting myself to just be present. 

Honestly how much do we miss? We are all plugged into networks and frequencies. Once people had to actually speak to one another. By gosh how prehistoric. I recall I used to write letters. I wonder do you still have mine? Or did you toss them away, just like the memories we shared? Letters are so vulnerable, that each word written had to be thought through. A text is just automatic or becomes an afterthought. 

Advice:

Be present, Smile, and simply BE KIND.

-Alyssa