If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.
Acknowledgment, award, appreciation.
Judgment and weariness are foes to service and generosity.
Goes the song, "we change, we change." But the music is still mine.
I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.
I will close my eyes and leap.