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constellations #23: small kindnesses no. 2

marissa
Dec 15, 2020
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Hi again.

Back in August I sent out a newsletter that I described as “a list of small kindnesses, for you or for other people, from an individual or from the world, to whoever might need them.” I don’t know about you but I think I need them again. Yesterday morning I was in a funk and just wanted to listen to Bob Dylan sing “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” on repeat (I know!!) until I realized that Anohni recently released a cover version of the song, so then I listened to that on repeat for a little while. December 14 also marked a total solar eclipse in Sagittarius, which perhaps is why things are feeling just a bit off.

So — in any case— here’s another list of small kindnesses, mostly things I have noticed in the past couple months, with a few additions from some beloved friends. As always, if you have other small kindnesses you’d like to share, please tell me about them.

A(nother) list of small kindnesses:

  • serially liking a friend’s tweets

  • doing someone else’s dishes

  • complimenting someone in front of their parents

  • sharing the last cookie

  • letting someone else take the first hot shower in the winter so the hot water runs out on you

  • plugging your friend’s phone into the charger while they sleep

  • alerting someone to a new song by a band they love

  • noticing, in another person’s house, that the trash can is full and offering to take out the trash

  • complimenting someone in front of their boss

  • saying the difficult thing first

  • scraping the ice and snow off someone’s car so they can stay inside where it’s warm

  • “I’m glad you asked”

  • “that’s a nice color on you”

  • sharing streaming logins

  • having control of the aux and putting on someone else’s new favorite song instead of your own

  • complimenting someone in front of their dog

  • homemade baked goods

  • warm tea on a cold day

  • ending a phone call with “i love you”


Also in good news this week: some new songs from Bad History Month, a band who I think makes uncommonly thoughtful music.

“Looking up loving leaves in the wind knowing that I should be grateful / But utterly miserable hateful and unwise / composing mean emails and texts at the front of my mind / while I walk through the sublime / how many times?”

That feels like me. Maybe it feels like you, too. I hope we all look up this week.

xo,
M

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ab9
Dec 15, 2020

point 5 is verging towards altruism! ps - thank you for these! :)

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