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Josephine Sorciere's avatar

so glad the days of expectation that someone has the duty of bringing me joy are long gone.

I like hanging out with the ones that light up my smiley heart with no effort by the smallest gesture, comment or just their presence.

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Dea Devidas's avatar

That’s the real glow-up, isn’t it? When joy stops being someone else's job and starts being your own secret superpower. And then, bam, people show up who match it with a wink, a word, or just being. No performance, just resonance. πŸ’«

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Alicia Kwon's avatar

You know I already want to see you shine. AndI wanted to put a link in the shoutout I gave you in my last post, but none of the posts you had done resonated to use. I’m so glad you wrote this one! Your page is doing something funny for me where it wouldn’t post a longer comment I wrote without me signing in. So you might want to just see if anyone else is having this issue.

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Dea Devidas's avatar

Alicia… you absolute gem. The fact that you even wanted to link me before means galaxies. Thank you for holding that light for me until the right post arrived. Your support feels like velvet and fire – soft, fierce and exactly what my soul needed. I’ll check the glitch, but just know: your words landed, loud and lovely.

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Alicia Kwon's avatar

<3

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tarotbyphil's avatar

Damn! How did you know about the avocado???

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Dea Devidas's avatar

Because every legit tarot reader comes with an avocado radar. It’s part of the crystal starter pack – right next to the palo santo and questionable love decisions. 🀭πŸ₯³

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tarotbyphil's avatar

Dang! Only got one of those things in the starter pack… palo santo and avocado radar weren’t included… oh no, hang on… does that make me illegitimate? 😱

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Dea Devidas's avatar

You're not illegitimate, you're... limited edition. The universe ran out of avocados that day. πŸ₯‘πŸ˜…

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tarotbyphil's avatar

πŸ€£πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

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Trudi Nicola's avatar

Ahhh joy! Thank you for reminding me to experience the world just as I did as a child. ✨

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Dea Devidas's avatar

Oh Trudi, that sparkle in your words just lit up the playground of this post! Here’s to seeing with wide eyes, open hearts, and the kind of joy that doesn't need permission – just glitter and curiosityπŸ’›βœ¨

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Trudi Nicola's avatar

If there’s glitter, I’m in! You should have seen my classroom at Christmas!✨✨✨

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Lori Ann Bloomfield's avatar

Brilliant, wise and ever-hilarious - this is such a needed post, Dea! May everyone who needs to read it, find it today. (And may that prayer get you a cosmic-tonne of views!) As an aside - do you occasionally have weird interactions with electronic devices? Because I definitely do. And recently, I can travel all over Substack freely, but whenever I stop by your account and want to leave a message - I am prevented until I to sign into my account! lol

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