Fresh today · Sunday, 12 July

New Wishes

A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.

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Wishes in the library
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I hope you learn that being kind costs nothing and changes everything.

I hope you learn to listen the way you'd want to be listened to.

I hope you learn the difference between being right and being kind.

I hope you learn to rest before you need to.

I hope you learn to be a good friend before you ask for one.

I hope you learn that asking for help is a kind of bravery.

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I hope you learn to read the room and tell the truth anyway.

I hope you learn to forgive yourself faster than you forgive other people.

I hope you learn that the small choices are the ones that build a life.

I hope you learn to say no with kindness and yes with intention.

I hope you learn the joy of doing one thing slowly and well.

I hope you learn that not every feeling is a fact.

I hope you learn to be unafraid of being wrong out loud.

I hope you learn that love is mostly small, daily, and quiet.

I hope you learn to disagree without becoming smaller.

I hope you learn to be alone without being lonely.

I hope you learn that the right people don't ask you to shrink.

I hope you learn to keep promises, especially the ones you make to yourself.

I hope you learn that curiosity will get you further than certainty.

I hope you learn to leave rooms — and people — that don't make you better.

I hope you learn that being interested in people is more useful than being interesting to them.

I hope you learn that boredom is the start of the best ideas.

I hope you learn that kindness, repeated, is a kind of strength.

I hope you learn that you don't have to win every argument to be loved.

I hope you learn the slow joy of paying attention.