James Finn
1 min readApr 13, 2022

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This isn't exactly on target with what your wrote, but I once had a boyfriend who made it something like a mission in life to reach out and compliment two or three random strangers every day. Just say something completely nice about them for no reason.

I asked him about it, and he told me that he wasn't trying to figure out who was sad or who needed lifted spirits; he just assumed everyone needs a nice connection once in awhile, whether they look like it or not.

I had a hard time getting used to it, especially one day when we were walking around a park, and he grabbed my hand to hold it and then looked into the eyes of a woman sitting on a bench near us and told her how much he loved her beautiful smile.

She looks startled for a moment, and then her smile got even bigger.

I wonder what the world would be like if more people spread random positivity like that.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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