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