IV.

As painful as it is to say, some clichés are actually pretty true. And it really does help to romanticize the small things. When life feels too big or overwhelming, recognizing our little human intricacies can make the noise seem much quieter. Like having tea every morning, greeting my plants when I get home, my boyfriend twirling me around on the sidewalk, or phone calls every afternoon with my mom. It’s been hard to grasp these fleeting moments and really sit and cherish them. Everything seems so fast paced lately that slowing down almost feels criminal. But then I think how it’s those small everyday moments that all the health gurus swear up and down are the most crucial in life, the most ‘soul feeding’, so we’ll just have to trust their judgement on that. On the other end is the human desire to be remembered, for your name to live longer than your body, for people to admire you, to make people proud. So does that ever go away? I’m not sure I know. Underneath however many layers, all of us want to be remembered by something. But do we even know what that is? I’m not sure I know. Hence, why I’ll be romanticizing the small things, being cliché and drinking tea. That stuff seems stressful.