Originally posted on 7 October 2017 via TinyLetter. Reposted in 2021 and seems just as relevant.

Dear all!

Let’s connect again.

It feels like the world has been in crisis-mode the past few months. Hurricanes, earthquakes, threatening tweets, hateful rallies, a massacre — and that’s only in North America and the Caribbean.

And then our own lives don’t pause when there is a global disaster. We have our own tragedies. Someone we love gets sick. We fight with our partner. We step off a curb and our left ankle twists unexpectedly. All these things crave our immediate and urgent attention. We care for those around us. Our ankle needs ice. Grief and heartbreak carve paths through our lives, and we must follow them.

I’ve been thinking about all the time we spend on these crises. It’s necessary time, yes, but I wonder how it would feel to treat the good stuff in life with the same degree of urgency. We do this with big events like weddings and births, or when we show up en masse for a friend’s going away party (I miss you, Cori!) — but how often do we spontaneously drop everything and celebrate*?

I’ll be exploring celebration in the next few unpredicts and guiding a few happy, spontaneous moments for you to explore and interpret. And, also, if you have a community event coming up, please share! 

much love,

Mo

*The total solar eclipse in August felt like an urgent celebration. I’m still in awe.