together we bloom, pt. 2

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
-Carl Sagan

Vast joy. Vast emotion. Vast uncertainty. Vast heartbreak. Vast celebration. The expansive ocean of human experience, bearable through love. Everything is made better with love.

In my journal this weekend, recapping a recent giant win and the journey getting to it, I laughed a little at myself at how my writing accidentally turned very “acceptance speech vibes.” It was a long, long list of gratitudes, excitements, and being proud of myself. So much appreciation for the people and support who have helped me and seen me through along the way. I am grateful for the circle of loved ones that surrounds me, making me better, lifting me higher, rendering the vastness of life bearable — the joyful times so much brighter, together; the hard times so much less absolute, together. Either way, I know we will have each other. The friends who feel your joy as their own and your pain as their own. The family who won’t let you stay stuck. The team and circle.

We may be small creatures, but we have big love!

P.S. together we bloom, pt. 1