sketches on your textbooks left by those who've had it before you.
handmade bookmarks and the ones that come with the books you buy.
holding a finished book in your hands and summarizing your experience with a very dramatic sigh.
feeling someone's perfume when they hug you or walk past you.
shielding from the rain underneath a cafe's big umbrellas.
finally laying in your bed, under the blanket, after a long day.
making tea and feeling like an old herbalist/celtic healer.
growing your own plants, watching them bloom and giving them light.
picking up new habits from the people you meet and realizing it too late.
having people ask you if they can draw you.
or you, asking people if you can draw them.
crushes and how painful they are, yet so lovely.
getting up in the morning and stretching.
finally finding new books to read, or completeing a list of books.
discovering new songs, and they're actually good.
the scent of flowers in the spring.
how the forests and fields and everything blooms green after winter leaves.
autumn clothes, coffee, flaming red maples leaves and the scent of patchouli perfume.
a day for yourself, lemon water, nature walks, gardening, flower baths.
just standing in the rain. accepting that your face and hair can't get any worse and just standing there.
meeting strangers on the train, talking, then not forgetting about them for the rest of your lives.
holding the door open for people.
sweaters. ugly sweaters, fit sweaters, your lover's sweaters and they're covered in their fragrance
taking pictures in public, because it's okay and normal and you look very beautiful
sunkissed skin. let your face and shoulders under the sun this summer.
long conversations with people you never thought could speak like that.
falling in love with people you would've never guessed you'd love.
holding hands under tables, or having someone caress your thigh when no one's looking.
random strangers asking you to take photos of them.
climbing trees and playing like a kid with your friends, even if you're all in your 20s.
high-lighting special quotes from books.
water after being thirsty for so long.
platonic "i love you"'s and people confessing how glad they are they met you.
trying out recipes (and even if they fail, it's okay).
looking at pretty people and they look back. they smile.
secretly listening to your crush's playlist and wondering what and how they feel when they're listening to it.
hugs with faces burried in each other's necks.
fingertips brushing across your cheeks.
getting ice-cream with your friends and not talking. just savouring.
i'll do more, because there are more!
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