THE SPARKLE REVOLUTION: Changing the world, one compliment at a time

Good morning,

How are you? Everything is pretty crappy, I know. Like, we’ve fallen into the bottom of garbage truck and we’re flailing in a sea of rubbish. I know, not the most appetising image, but I’ve just seen someone writing about thousands of books in New Zealand being destroyed - literally destroyed, not even being recycled, just sent to yet another landfill. Hence the garbage truck image.

But I bring you a little bit of sparkle to lift you up, and maybe inspire you to pay someone a compliment. This isn’t a new poem, but I’ve never filmed myself reading before. And since most of us are feeling cheesed off, I’m igniting sparklers, if only to give myself a bit of a boost, because what do I have to moan about apart from my eternal tummy woes, which are definitely much better than they were a few weeks ago!

I hope this poem inspires you to find lots of nice things to say to people.

Have a lovely day, and thank you for reading and listening.

With love,

Cesca xx 

You can be a Sparkler, you know.

Light up someone’s day,

With just one small gesture of kindness.

Maybe you could

Say something nice to the girl at the cash desk

In the supermarket,

Ringing up groceries

Feeling desperately invisible

As she encourages your purchases

From left to right.

Ask her how she feels today,

Or notice her name badge

And tell her she has such a pretty name.

Or simply ask her whether she has tasted the biscuits you have just bought,

Tell her how delicious they are!

Tell her you’ve noticed she has done something to her hair

Since your last visit,

Or that you like the colour of her nails.

Watch her sparkle ignite,

And feel your own sparkle glow a little brighter.

Tell the tired old lady in the lift

That you like her scarf,

Or her perfume.

And maybe,

Just maybe,

(But most likely, I promise)

Her expression will change,

And her eyes will sparkle

Even just for a moment

Because she feels seen.

Imagine that maybe your tiny compliment is the only thing

Anyone says to her all day.

Imagine your words inspiring her

To fold her old scarf just a little more carefully,

To caress it with love as she places it in her drawer.

Maybe she might

Spritz her hallway with her perfume,

And close her eyes as she inhales the tiny cloud of delight,

Remembering her joy when her granddaughter,

Or her friend, or her husband,

Gifted it to her.

We are all just tiny sparkles,

Hoping to sparkle back at someone

As we go about our not so sparkly days.

So why not leave a trail of sparkles behind you?

Start the Sparkle Revolution!

Change the world!

Be a Sparkler!