when the hard weeks are followed by two good ones.
when it feels so good outside that you're wishing for a thousand more 67-degrees-in-August days.
when, even though the state of your room/brain/thesis project is questionable, your desk is clean + bright, ready for work.
when you see a dance so beautiful you watch it six times in a row, in the dark middle of the night, on a tiny phone screen.
when your days are long, and by 7 PM your hair is a mess and your body is tired— so tired— but you can drive home knowing it was a good, productive day.
when you sketch and sketch and sketch, looking for a breakthrough, and then stumble upon it almost unintentionally. and you're not there yet, but that tiny doodle means progress.
when you're two days from getting on a plane for a weekend adventure.
"So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord— who is the Spirit— makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image." (2 Cor 3:18, NLT)