Cherish the Way
Listening for the beauty in the everyday
In this series, we explore quiet calls to action, the kind that shape a life. We began with Be the One, Remember the Way, and Take Pride. Next up: Cherish the Way, which invites us to slow down and notice what’s tender, what’s lasting, what’s holding us together.
Cherish the way…
people speak well of those they love and admire, how their voices soften when talking about someone who changed their life, how their eyes light up when sharing a story about someone who inspired them.
Cherish the way your favorite person’s voice sounds, especially when they’re happy or excited. Cherish the way their laughter fills a room, how their voice carries warmth, how you can tell how they’re feeling just by the way they say your name.
Cherish the way handwritten notes feel more personal than texts, the way an old voicemail can bring back memories, the way certain words stay with you for years, decades, or even a lifetime.
Cherish the way you can feel love in the smallest gestures: a hand on your back, a shared smile across a crowded room, a simple, I’m proud of you.
Cherish the way some moments become portals. Cherish how a certain street can pull you back to a summer evening, how a song can drop you into the passenger seat of an old car, how the smell of pine or sunscreen or cinnamon can wake something in you that you thought you’d forgotten. These are not merely memories. They are reminders that you were there, that you felt something deeply, and that it mattered.
Cherish the way people leave pieces of themselves with you. Cherish the phrase you picked up from a friend, the habit passed down from a parent, the courage someone once lent you when you had none of your own. We carry one another forward in small, invisible ways.
Cherish the way your body holds your story. Cherish the scar on your knee from childhood, the lines around your eyes from years of laughter or worry, and the way your chest still tightens at the thought of certain goodbyes. These are not imperfections. They are proof of life.
Cherish the way beginnings often disguise themselves as endings. The door that closes. The plan that falls apart. The person who walks away. Cherish how, somehow, the space that loss creates makes room for something unexpected to bloom: a new friendship, a different dream, a quieter kind of joy.
Cherish the way not everything needs to be fixed or finished. Some things are meant to be lived with, revisited, and tended to over time. Some questions don’t have answers yet. Some stories are still being written.
Cherish the way your senses come alive, even in everyday life. Cherish how life won’t always ask for your attention, but it will always reward it.
With love,
Matthew