Jarod K Anderson

Feb 8

We are not our possessions,

but we are our gardens.

Within and without,

our story is told

through what we nurture.

Jarod K Anderson

Apr 7

Nurturing something is key to staying friends with life.

There are worthy things in this world that need your power and attention. You can't give it to all of them. But you can listen when something in you whispers, "this one."

Jarod K Anderson

Jul 1

Learning a handful of bird songs is a way to gift your future with countless familiar voices among the trees, a chance to feel the sudden warmth of recognition each time you walk beneath the sky.

Jarod K Anderson

Jul 11

In your life, you are an explorer on the far edge of timespace operating a body that is an entirely unique configuration of some of our universe's wildest, rarest technology.

So, when you make a mistake, leave aside the language of shame and failure. It's just new data from an undiscovered bit of existence. Instead, try, "ah, f... See more

Jarod K Anderson

Aug 16

Long ago, a stone felt a tingle on its skin. Moss.

A new feeling. A green feeling.

The granite spoke of ages in the heat of deep Earth.

The moss sang the taste of sunlight and the softness of salamander bellies.

They named one another. And told those names to no one at all.

Jarod K Anderson

2d

What if everyone got a month of paid leave each year to molt, to shed their rigid exoskeletons in order to grow?

Not vacation. Not sick leave. Just recognition of a natural necessity.

What if the exoskeleton wasn’t literal?

What if the growth wasn’t always visible or aimed at obvious profit?

What if nobody expected us to pretend t... See more