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Fotini Masika's avatar

"how every night you pretend to not exist in your little bed until you start telling yourself stories"

and all the rest—in no particular order—just love them.

Plus one (from me): the letters from strange humans that speak to your heart.

Are there 100 ways to say thank you? I don't know. I'll just say it 100 times.

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ars poetica's avatar

i think that staying awake, remaining alive and in praise of one hundred things every day is thanks in itself. thank you.

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Ann Collins's avatar

I love them all. What a generous thing you've given.

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ars poetica's avatar

and how generous of you to stay alive to them, every day. thank you <3

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Laura Smith's avatar

i am only four in and i had to stop. i have to save them. i can have one hundred days with these now. thank you. thank you.

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ars poetica's avatar

you can have one hundred lives, too. thank you, little voice.

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Wayne's avatar

I always know when I'm reading Ars I'm about to fall a little bit more in love with my life.

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ars poetica's avatar

and to think that it loves you beyond your wildest imaginings, too.

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Amelia Murray's avatar

Happy Valentine's Day Ars. I don't know who you are outside of these letters but I really hope someone out there wrote you something too.

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you, little voice.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Every one of these, every single one

Thank You!

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you for being awake. <3

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

#29 is especially true and it is a splendid moment, indeed, each time someone learns it.

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Richbee's avatar

Every line captures a pearl to create a necklace that sparkles with radiance reflecting a moment in life most miss but can walk with your words on a beach and hear your voice in the tidal pull of waves that tug to fill in the sand of footprints that once walked in times gone bye. Happy Valentine’s Day.

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ars poetica's avatar

happy valentine's day, little voice. i hope you can roll about that necklace in your pocket for a long, long time.

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Patricia Russo's avatar

Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️

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ars poetica's avatar

and thank you. <3

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

So much to love!!

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Lee Atwell's avatar

So very beautiful. I’m feeling your and they’re feeding me. Thank you for sharing all this love with us. ♥️

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you for being so alive to it. <3

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Lee Atwell's avatar

‘I’m feeling your words…’ above. ♥️

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Anastasia Maracle's avatar

Thank you for reminding me of all of these moments ✨

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you for being awake, alive, listening.

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Sue Munda's avatar

Oh, thank you for this beauty!❤️

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you for your little ear today. <3

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Kaitlyn Rightmyer's avatar

Thank you, is all. 🤎

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you. is more than all <3

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Richbee's avatar

Every

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Graham Bloodworth's avatar

The two magnificent grey horses from the Camargue region of France was taken in April 2016 by Scott Stulberg Photography.

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ars poetica's avatar

oh thank you so very much! i have updated the article... very kind of you <3

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JACKKK's avatar

101. The stranger who asks my name & tells me I’m great simply because I took a moment to look him in the eyes and serve him his coke & burger with kindness

102. The first spoonful of ice cream after letting it melt a little bit

103. Your soul breathing a deep, deep sigh of bliss, late at night when you feel their arms around you, their chest rising & falling softly under your cheek, their chin resting softly on the top of your head, the mattress soft underneath of you both. “HOME,” it proclaims, the feeling of safety resonating into your bones.

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