Hi, it's Kai

so many people are living in the dark, hidden under the covers of “their own world”

many of them convinced that it is not safe to play outside,

that other people are scary, and so it is best to hide away

and while there is much joy in cultivating a secret garden, greater still is the feeling that surfaces

on the rare occasion when our secret gardens are beheld and truly appreciated by the curious eyes and caring hearts of another being;

on the rare occasion when we have truly been found, and accepted for who we are

and in that moment, when we see our own beauty reflected in the eyes of another,

we come to find a deep peace and lightness emerging within our soul,

we are able to shed the burdens we didn’t realize we were carrying,

and we are able to turn back to face the world, finally daring to show up as we really are.

so many of us live in the dark, day after day. in a state of limbo. in a state of numbness.

and knowing this breaks my heart into pieces.

i want to live in a world where the beauty in our souls can be seen by those who will understand it,

where being found is not this hopeless endeavour the way it feels today.

and until i live in a world where this is true, my calling is to build new streets and community centres, new ways to find and care for each other;

so that the roads we walk might not be such lonely ones,

so we might find our way to relationships we call home.