The People Who Keep the Lamps Lit.
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An essay on people who light up a room with their goodness.
By: Jen Shoop There are those people who draw light to themselves, and almost can’t help it. They just stand still and keep the lamps lit. These are the people who pull out a chair for you when you approach the table: “please,” they say, gesturing you into it, earnest and unaware of their outsized generosity. It is instinctive, their pre-disposition to include. These are also the people who say “atta girl!” to strangers who have just ridden a big wave, or run the bases, and they fill the hungry heart with pride, and they do it with such ease, and egolessness, havi
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