Dear reader,
Have you noticed that the little surprises, the little moments always have the most profound, lasting impact? When you are on the giving AND receiving ends?
A knowing glance you send or catch across a room you can recall years later.
Someone making food for you or you feeding someone else when that’s what would serve them.
A welcome surprise visitor who you would’ve never guessed you would encounter that day.
My friend Diane calls them “little S’s".
And I’m a diehard fan of em. And of her and her surprised face. I surprised her with some dahlias and zinnias this week for her home full of simply beautiful things. And she wrote me letters for two years. She mailed them to me. She’s been doing this ritual for many people in her life for 7+ decades. And through it, she makes us feel seen in ways very few people are able to. I think we’ve both been here before and known each other in a previous life.
If you step back, you may find that life really is about all those little S’s. I find that they keep the garden alive just as much as consistent necessities. And if we get lost in the tediousness of all else, we might miss em.
The World Cup kicked off today in North America.
The NBA Finals are at their height. When it comes to sport, we actually don’t know what will happen next. We want to be surprised, to believe in what we can’t imagine yet. I can’t get over how inspiring and SURPRISING the Knicks’ comeback last night at Madison Square Garden (The Garden, MSG) was. Honestly, goosebumps. Wherever you are, no matter how big the stage, no matter how down, there is always an opportunity to trust in your resilience that much more.
There are so many beginnings that came to their endings. So many endings found new beginnings. They seem to be inseparable, committed to each other in the most breathtaking way. Beginnings and endings hold the greatest stakes. Thus, they make for the greatest stories. Beginnings seem to have an NDA and no prenup, eh?
The reality is that the people we look up to will no doubt let us down and the people who look to us will be let down by us, at some point or another. Can we be surprised by people, in the good and the ugly, and be better for it?
In the comebacks, in the endings, in the let-downs — it's always a “little s” that turns the tide.
Wishing you whatever comeback you need. You are capable of it, with the right team and a heart open to all the little surprises you can give and receive throughout your story.
With much love & to going beyond the surface,
Anjali