24 July · Small places can hold real meaning.

Sadness

My usual place has closed, and I miss having somewhere familiar.

A little room to breathe.24 July

Sadness

“Qui rei, qua semel delectatus est, recordatur, cupit eamdem cum iisdem potiri circumstantiis, ac cum primo ipsa delectatus est.”

English translation

“He who remembers a thing, in which he has once taken delight, desires to possess it under the same circumstances as when he first took delight therein.”

Baruch Spinoza — Ethics, 1677Part 3, proposition 36English translation by R. H. M. Elwes (1884)Read the source ↗

Small places can hold real meaning.

A café, shop, or walking route can become part of the way your week feels anchored. Missing it is understandable, even if others see only a practical inconvenience; repeated moments can make an ordinary place personally important over time.

ONE SMALL STEP

Name what that place gave you, then look for one small way to keep that feeling nearby.

A little room to breathe.24 July

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
of light
in your day.