What Message Would You Leave?

I so love coming across messages as I go about my day.

They might be carved into the sidewalk like the ones near my house saying things like: Love, Love Yourself or Why Not?

They might be painted or written with a sharpie, at risk of being painted over or cleaned off.  Perhaps not as permanent but there at the exact time we need to see it.

Or sometimes they are very impermanent, written in the sand and will be gone when the tide comes back in or perhaps in chalk on a sidewalk.

I’ve been thinking about this lately, especially the permanent ones.

If I could leave a message, one for people to see for decades to come as they walked down the street…what would that message be? And would I get up the gusto in the moment to actually do it?

I have a feeling I’m pondering this so when the day comes that I come across that drying pavement I’ll just go for it….and why wait?

Why not grab some chalk and write it on the sidewalk today.

It might be no surprise that I would want to write ‘Be Your Own Beloved’ somewhere but am also craving to put more ‘Love Yourself’ out there or ‘You are Enough’ or even ‘Its going to be okay’.

But I wanted to ask you this today.  What message would you leave?

What would you want people to read and ponder?

Or even help them get through the day.

What message feels like the one you are meant to share?

So tell me, what message would you spread?

And why not do it today?

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For some extra love note leaving inspiration I’ve gotta also send you over to visit the amazing Andrea Jenkins aka HulaSeventy.  She so inspired me to do more of these random acts of kindness and leave messages for someone who might need it.

She shares this idea to use stickers and some amazing polaroids of some love notes she helped create.

This story of her family leaving love notes around the city and this one of leaving 50 suns around Portland in the grey season.

The options are kind of endless aren’t they.

Chalk, paint, stickers, notes, posters, marker.

Permanent, impermanent.

How can we not resist but spread the love?