FOR THOSE WHO ZAG

Here’s to the ones who still write things down.

The analog ones. The handwritten ones. The slow ones. The kind ones. The ones who believe a short walk can fix more than an app. The ones who know dogs need little pats on the head and sunsets deserve an audience.

They’re the ones who wave in traffic. Who let people merge. Who listen to kids like they’re great philosophers.

These are the ones who believe in smiling with their whole face and handwritten thank you notes and personalized cakes and remembering there’s other real humans out there living real human lives who deserve to be looked directly in the eyes and told how much they matter.

You see, while some people are busy optimizing life, there are others busy living it.

They see things differently. They see gentleness as strength. Kindness as courage. Attention as rebellion.

Many might be trying to disrupt the world, but these folks are trying to repair it.

While the world keeps refreshing, they’ll keep remembering. Some may call them outdated, but time will reveal them as wise and essential.

Because the people who are gentle enough to think they can change the world … are usually the ones who do.

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Brad Montague, The Enthusiast

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