It's time to shake off the worst case scenarios, to make peace with ourselves and the past, reclaim our power, and find each other once again.
Being open is so important. I have a naturally open personality and a refusal to let the world close me down. Perhaps that's partly why we stay on Hive - we allow vulnerability in our writing and find ourselves connected to others.
I think I try harder to connect to people now as an act of resistance. It's hard as I'm reasonably introverted (with a facade of confidence that saps energy and frazzles my nervous system) but it's like I feel I need to be an example of what human beings should be, I don't know, I'm not saying it well. Like I want people I meet to then go and smile at the next person because they've just been smiled at, you know?
That book sounds perfect. I used to love Rumi for this, and lately this one:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Radiance-Sutras-Gateways-Wonder-Delight/dp/1604076593
The power of little reflections!
For sure. Remaining open is the key to keeping that connection with our inner child. The minute we become bitter and closed off that inner child walks away from us. Hive is very much that for me. It's a place of comfort where I, to a greater or lessor degree depending on engagement, feel heard—kind of the antithesis of other SM platforms.
I'm glad you still engage and connect face-to-face. It's so very important to make eye contact, smile, and speak, even if it's just a hello. There are a lot of lonely people out there. That short point of contact might make all the difference to them. Isn't it amazing when you can shift a person's energy for the better? Sometimes a genuine compliment will do that too, just totally shift their energy.
The book is just a really good fit for me, I connect with it because it's so poetic I think. I LOVE Rumi.