"I used to write here, once upon a time..."
Appreciating our opportunity to create while we haunt this world⌚
𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝 (𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 '𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛' 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚘).
𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝙸 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎; 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜; 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚝.
𝙸 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 - 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙸 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛.
𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚝.🪑
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Oh my gosh! This is so beautiful and almost sorrowful! The passing of time is such a stark reminder that time will continue whether we are here or not.