Reading your words felt like listening to an old soul's story, one that carries the weight of the world yet is light. It's as if you reached into the very essence of existence and pulled out something raw and real, something that can't be neatly wrapped up in words. It's incredible how you've taken the darkest corners of your experience and illuminated them with grace and humor. Forrest, your words are a gift to all of us. They remind us of our shared humanity, our capacity to feel deeply, to suffer, to heal, and to grow. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
hey hey I am not so old soul....just 26.7 billion years...imagine my birthday cake with 26,730,203,204 candles...last year I still could blow them all...
just joking...
I am so so so so so so so grateful for you being in this planet....
I am still reading this. I find myself rereading parts and pausing. I did want to say it is rare to be able to share vulnerability with such honesty and humour. I cant help but smile and laugh when I read your posts. The humanity 💛 How fortunate for failed attempts. If the Forrest(s) in those moments only knew how they would reach me, so many. See them and touch them profoundly even through a screen.
I honor you. I honor you so much for sharing your journey and for what you have withstood. For the purity of your heart. It is the purest of souls who face such great pain here. We remember how things once were, we see things are not as they should be. It hurts to see the tremendous suffering in this world and the pieces of it we too have experienced. I see you. I deeply do. You are not alone. Life is being restored. Slowly but surely we are doing it together. In unbearable moments, may we turn to the sun and always feel the light within our own hearts. May we always find our way back to love. May truth land in every space it has been desecrated. 🙏🏻✨
I feel so grateful for your words, I feel heard and understood. I feel human and hopeful that our shared world will find peace and truth and love. Thank you for being so wonderfully human 🙏🙏🙏
Forrest—you dear, precious piece of the Divine, thank you so much for having the courage to share your story here with the world! I can relate to the experiences you share here and am so touched that my words may have inspired you to share yours—thank you so much for the acknowledgement! I cried reading your wonderful newsletter and profound messages! I am so happy that you have found some peace and stability over the years! You are an inspiration! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and insights with all of us on this platform! Bestest Wishes to you always on your profound journey in this life! 💞💞💞
Thank you for your love, Forrest, and for sharing who you preciously are with us. The world is a better place with someone like you inhabiting it. Lots of love to you too.
oh dear Geraldine thanks to you for being so awesome and thank you for your precious heart. I am looking forward to read your New Your Times bestseller really soon and meanwhile I have just already started enjoying with delight your Café 42. Keep being wonderful as you are 🥰
Thank you again, Forrest, for your kind words. I am very happy you like my little Café! My to-be-New-York-Times-best-seller needs to find a publisher first! I’m actively working on it in France and plan to rewrite it in English around January 2025. I will share bits of it on my Substack then but will share the children book I’ve just finished writing much sooner, next month, probably. I really look forward reading your next posts. Lots of love.
Thank you, Forrest, for this delightful treat that you've cooked up. I love your enthusiasm, your passion, your authenticity, your creativity. Thank you for all your feedback on my writing. I like the wave length we're hanging out on. It may be a little bit out there for some but it sure is fun loving on everyone, isn't it. I love love. Isn't it grand? I'm tired today but love keeps on rolling in the background. ups and downs and all arounds. love you
I feel it is courageous to share vulnerability and provide us all an opportunity to better understand each other and ourselves as a whole. Our minds and heart are precious and complex things! My favourite words: "Now what?
Now I know that the most painful and the most blissful experiences come and go. I can accept them, I survived them and I am not them.
Now I simply know that I am not any of those thoughts that have been hammering my head all my life. They are still there, but I am not them."
"I just know that I love all of you.
You see, I don’t know many things.
Maybe, only maybe when I die, I will know nothing at all.
Maybe then, I will come back to our true home, where there’s no need to know nothing. Simply be what we are.
dude! how have i not been subscribed?? rectified now.
I loved this. so raw and real and familiar too. And then pop. normal life in kansas. ain't it all a hoot now? but seriously, those old feelings. I get it. I heard the whisper say- if the old souls came in to this world and had no suffering and knew what they remembered, you would have had no compassion for the people of this earth.
thank you for your journey. thank you for you being you.
Reading your words felt like listening to an old soul's story, one that carries the weight of the world yet is light. It's as if you reached into the very essence of existence and pulled out something raw and real, something that can't be neatly wrapped up in words. It's incredible how you've taken the darkest corners of your experience and illuminated them with grace and humor. Forrest, your words are a gift to all of us. They remind us of our shared humanity, our capacity to feel deeply, to suffer, to heal, and to grow. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
hey hey I am not so old soul....just 26.7 billion years...imagine my birthday cake with 26,730,203,204 candles...last year I still could blow them all...
just joking...
I am so so so so so so so grateful for you being in this planet....
I am still reading this. I find myself rereading parts and pausing. I did want to say it is rare to be able to share vulnerability with such honesty and humour. I cant help but smile and laugh when I read your posts. The humanity 💛 How fortunate for failed attempts. If the Forrest(s) in those moments only knew how they would reach me, so many. See them and touch them profoundly even through a screen.
how fortunate I am to be able to read your words and see your wonderful soul even from afar 🙏
I honor you. I honor you so much for sharing your journey and for what you have withstood. For the purity of your heart. It is the purest of souls who face such great pain here. We remember how things once were, we see things are not as they should be. It hurts to see the tremendous suffering in this world and the pieces of it we too have experienced. I see you. I deeply do. You are not alone. Life is being restored. Slowly but surely we are doing it together. In unbearable moments, may we turn to the sun and always feel the light within our own hearts. May we always find our way back to love. May truth land in every space it has been desecrated. 🙏🏻✨
I feel so grateful for your words, I feel heard and understood. I feel human and hopeful that our shared world will find peace and truth and love. Thank you for being so wonderfully human 🙏🙏🙏
Forrest—you dear, precious piece of the Divine, thank you so much for having the courage to share your story here with the world! I can relate to the experiences you share here and am so touched that my words may have inspired you to share yours—thank you so much for the acknowledgement! I cried reading your wonderful newsletter and profound messages! I am so happy that you have found some peace and stability over the years! You are an inspiration! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and insights with all of us on this platform! Bestest Wishes to you always on your profound journey in this life! 💞💞💞
dearest Rebecca...I cried writing that and now I'm crying reading you....I'll need a handkerchief factory near me...
Thank for your beautiful heart and soul, you are a precious gift 🙏🏻🥰🌈
Forrest,
Thank you for sharing your journey, vulnerability and suffering. You are precious!! ✨
precious as you are 🙏🏻 and as everything is!
Thank you for your love, Forrest, and for sharing who you preciously are with us. The world is a better place with someone like you inhabiting it. Lots of love to you too.
oh dear Geraldine thanks to you for being so awesome and thank you for your precious heart. I am looking forward to read your New Your Times bestseller really soon and meanwhile I have just already started enjoying with delight your Café 42. Keep being wonderful as you are 🥰
Thank you again, Forrest, for your kind words. I am very happy you like my little Café! My to-be-New-York-Times-best-seller needs to find a publisher first! I’m actively working on it in France and plan to rewrite it in English around January 2025. I will share bits of it on my Substack then but will share the children book I’ve just finished writing much sooner, next month, probably. I really look forward reading your next posts. Lots of love.
Thank you, Forrest, for this delightful treat that you've cooked up. I love your enthusiasm, your passion, your authenticity, your creativity. Thank you for all your feedback on my writing. I like the wave length we're hanging out on. It may be a little bit out there for some but it sure is fun loving on everyone, isn't it. I love love. Isn't it grand? I'm tired today but love keeps on rolling in the background. ups and downs and all arounds. love you
even tired love always shines on you
I feel it is courageous to share vulnerability and provide us all an opportunity to better understand each other and ourselves as a whole. Our minds and heart are precious and complex things! My favourite words: "Now what?
Now I know that the most painful and the most blissful experiences come and go. I can accept them, I survived them and I am not them.
Now I simply know that I am not any of those thoughts that have been hammering my head all my life. They are still there, but I am not them."
"I just know that I love all of you.
You see, I don’t know many things.
Maybe, only maybe when I die, I will know nothing at all.
Maybe then, I will come back to our true home, where there’s no need to know nothing. Simply be what we are.
Simply accept what we all are.
Simply love what we all are."
also my favourite words!
Precious heart. Precious man. You are lightness and love. 🦋
one can only see that if you are that already 🙏🏻
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dude! how have i not been subscribed?? rectified now.
I loved this. so raw and real and familiar too. And then pop. normal life in kansas. ain't it all a hoot now? but seriously, those old feelings. I get it. I heard the whisper say- if the old souls came in to this world and had no suffering and knew what they remembered, you would have had no compassion for the people of this earth.
thank you for your journey. thank you for you being you.
and immense gratitude for you being as you are, awesome 🙏✨