Spread love. That particular phrase is plastered on each Facebook wall, captioned in seas of Instagram posts, and otherwise seen and said by person after person, yet it is all too easy to forget the meaning of it. It is so often forgotten that spreading love does not necessarily have to be extreme; one does not have to yell from the rooftops to show that they care about those in their lives. Sometimes all it takes is a "good job" to a project partner, a "thank you" to someone who has worked hard, a "be safe" to a family member or friend. Though one might be surprised to know this, I am personally quite terrified of telling people how I feel in person. I can send them a text with paragraphs of appreciation for them, write them a song with metaphors with their name inscribed in them, and so on, but I find it incredibly difficult to just look them in the eyes and tell them how much they mean to me. In short, I am not one of extravagant verbalization in face-to-face situations, so a simple "this reminded me of you" or a tap with a random object or an out of the blue comment about how "you are the true MVP" is all I can really do. So, maybe selfishly, I would like to assume I am not alone in this and that people really do have meaningful intentions in their simplistic yet grand kind words and gestures as I do. I would like to believe, and I do believe, that spreading love simply can mean more than one would ever anticipate and so, with this one late night request, I close out this letter to you: try it. Spread love simply.
