because I gave into impulse: to say hello. To buy that movie ticket. To go to that performance. To ask if I could. To know that I could ask, and then to do the asking. To be able to accept the answer, whatever it was. To hear that the answer was yes. Yes you can come with us, yes you can stay, yes you've made me laugh.

this made me pause and think about my own impulses, and how often i stop myself from reaching out, from crossing that bridge between myself and someone else or an experience.