01/13/2024
Last night, when I was putting Virg to bed, I sang "Beautiful Boy" to him. He smiled and asked me what that song was so I told him it was John Lennon's song and that he was in The Beatles! He asked if the Beatles were still alive and I said that 2 of them were, but that John Lennon died a long time ago when he was still young. Then Virg asked what happened to him, so I gave him the 10 second version. He got really quiet and said "The world is so sad..." My mamas' heart kicked into high gear without skipping a beat and I told him that it is an outrageous act of rebellion to be something beautiful and joyful about the world and, fortunately for us, these days it's the simplest thing to do. I told him that good people make this world a beautiful place by giving love and kindness and being generous, thoughtful and aware. And for every ugly thing that happens there are at LEAST 5 beautiful things that happen simultaneously, but most likely way more (which I was surprised to realize that I believed myself as I was telling him this), but for some reason the people that make the news decided that good things don't make good headlines, which is why we hardly ever hear about the beauty in the world and why so many people are afraid. But it's only a fraction of the truth and a fraction of truth is the same as a lie and we don't have to consume it. Because goodness is all around us all the time and all we have to do is keep our eyes open and look for it and we will see it. It's up to us and all the good people to contribute love to this world, commit kindness and to be the beauty that a stranger might see in it. And by being the beauty and creating love and kindness, we get to mold the world that we live in. We get to make it a beautiful place. Then he hugged me and I sang "Imagine" to him and he drifted off to sleep...
. Original post by Rachel Rachael Davis