“we can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iphones will get ruined. we can’t take skinny dips in the ocean, because there’s no service on the beach, and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on instagram. technology has doomed the spontaneity of adventure, and we’re helping destroy it every time we google, check-in, and hashtag”
-jeremy glass
I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.
― Jonathan Carroll (via the-healing-nest)
(Source: coffeemaps)
