THINGS THRIVERS TELL SURVIVORS

David C. Sarnacki

Long for someone
Hope for some time
Talk
Touch
Help
Be warned

Worry about wanting
Really care
Cry when you've burned yourself
Weep
Lift your head out from under the covers
Quit being sad

Keep asking questions
Breathe
Begin on the other side
Clean out your closet
Nurture your spirit
Pick out a new pair of shoes

Ask for directions
Go outside
Move slowly
Walk a new path
Journey
Let go

Launch a voyage
Explore new areas
Look for yourself
Find someone worth weeding from the pack
Stay where you are
Take your time

Relax
Rest
Sleep
Wake
Get up at dawn
Watch the sun come out

Wonder
Want a miracle
Make it happen
Have some idea
Ask for details
Throw the TV out

Learn
Seriously rethink
Risk embarrassment
Throw away your checklist
Approach the matter differently
Write things down, whatever you feel

Write a letter straight from the heart
Illuminate
Go back
Arrive early
Stay late
Start something that can't be finished

Return
Sign up
Take someone home
Invite everyone
Talk to somebody
Meet people who aren't like you

Feel close
Mix
Pay close attention
Unite us as a species
Join the community
Renew connections

Be captivated
Be surprised
Take lots of pictures
Strengthen friendships
Expect conflict
Deal with it

Rest from troubles
Get some class
Be a disgrace
Read
Take a position
Take control

Disavow responsibility
Call for a boycott
Bring out a reaction
Ask politically incorrect questions
Accelerate your pulse
Inject surprise

Risk arrest
Run
Play a children's game
Hire a sitter
Lift baggage
Open doors

Open a window
Open your mind
Expand your patience
Feel peace
Cause excitement
Kiss the children

Think
Choose freely
Erase a thought
Still take your time
Speak in hushed voices in a public place
Listen up

Hear blessings
Taste and savor
Feel and enjoy
Get in the habit of living
Make the most of it
Be warm

Live in silence
Laugh
Look soulfully
Refuse to settle
Work with nothing
Paint

Plant
Find your luck
Know what you're doing
Do wonderful things
Notice and appreciate
Praise

Reward
Support
Share
Adore
Inspire a feeling
Aim to please

Know even more of what you're doing
Listen to music
Sing
Whirl around
Be insane
Believe that falling in love is a great and glorious thing

Warm someone's cheek
Whisper
Caress
Kiss for 10 seconds, or more, or for the rest of your life
Be there
Love

Long
Belong
Be loyal
Be love
Be with someone always
Belong to yourself

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