Hello Stranger

by Katherine Center

Because that was the most essential thing about my mom. She couldn’t always fix things for me, but she was always there.

“Our thoughts create our emotions. So if you fixate on your worst-case scenario, you’ll make things harder for yourself.”

“If I told you,” he went on, “that I can’t remember the last time I met someone who woke me up like you do … That there’s something about you that I can’t get out of my head … That I keep thinking about you and wondering if we might be … really right for each other…” He looked up. “What would you say?”

We’re all just muddling through, after all. We’re all just doing the best we can. We’re all struggling with our struggles. Nobody has the answers. And everybody, deep down, is a little bit lost.

The more good things you look for, the more you find.