Hello! Welcome to A Thousand Tiny Lights! My name is Anna. I’m so glad you’re here. This is a little intro, a taste of what’s to come. Or rather, of what I hope will come, because listen: I’m on this journey with you. 

What journey? The one where we re-discover, re-ignite and cherish the little lights inside us. Because we are all born with thousands of tiny lights in our soul, but if we aren’t careful, they can start to dim or even go out one by one. 

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I found myself thinking, a while ago, that I just wanted to get through the week so I could get to the weekend to get some relief. And although I’d had that thought before - because, honestly, who of us hasn’t? - this time, it really struck me that this is not right. Waiting for another, different moment, waiting for my “real” life to start, daydreaming of some special occasion in the future, or some mystical moment where suddenly everything will be clear and easy and make sense… It sounds nice, but it’s dreaming my life away. And I’m done with that. I don’t want to wait and hope and think: “when x happens, then I’ll be happy, then I’ll feel joy, then I’ll feel lit up”. And all the while, the lights that are twinkling right now are burning unseen. I don’t want to reach the point where I look inside and there are only shadows left, only the memory of light. 

So this is me, trying to keep my lights lit and to re-ignite the ones that burned out. And I’m hoping that you will come with me on this path. 

I want to send us on adventures. Invitations to try something new once in a while. To connect with ourselves and also with other around us. To make us stop and really look at the beauty right in front of us - believe me, it’s there!

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