Krista Tippett, “Krista Tippett Wants You to See All the Hope That’s Being Hidden”, interviewed by David Marchese for The New York Times [transcript in ALT]

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Monsters Club (2011) ‘モンスターズクラブ’ dir. Toshiaki Toyoda

i’m muslim so the islamic perspective comforts me a lot. the idea that the person isn’t gone forever, that my prayers are reaching them, that the love i have for them meets them where my hands can’t. i was chosen to love them. i was chosen to lose them because God knew i would still make something of their love. but muslim or not, the point remains true. the love you had and still have for them is making the world a softer place. every smile you give a stranger. every bird you feed on your morning walk. every hug you give to someone who’s still living. this is your greatest evidence. yes, someone loved me once. yes, they walked with me here once and i look for their footsteps still. yes, i dream them back all the time. yes, they made the world bearable, and i will too. ill do for others what they did for me with all the love they left behind.