take what you need.

the mini and i were downtown in our old 'hood today - we went to the dentist (it was her first "real" time and she did great, despite only letting the dentist clean only 2 teeth.  yes, that's right.  2.  sigh.) and had lunch with L, and did some urban hiking on the filthy city sidewalks.  on our way back to the car, the little red heart on this poster caught my eye.  and i stopped to read it.  it said:

TAKE WHAT YOU NEED...

and the little pull tabs underneath said things like "peace", "love", "hope" & "understanding".

seriously.

how sweet and COOL is that?  and, obviously, people were stopping to take what they needed, because some of the tabs were gone.

i was tempted to steal the poster, but then stopped myself, because right then, with my daughter, in that moment, i didn't really need anything.