Stargirl

"She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a cork board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.
                                                                                -Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl: a voice not done talking
You probably won't understand the title. It's based off a book. You should read it.
In said book, there's a girl who is odd. But she is so in touch with something we all lack. She is different and she knows how to be happy. She will cheer for the other team, celebrate her successes and theirs. We support our communities, our cities, our schools, she supports everyone because we are in her community, the world. It's a poetic story, but teenagers are surprisingly interested in it, even those who aren't really readers.
This isn't a book review.
I wanted to talk about a few things she does. Not all right now. To sum it up, she sings happy birthday to everyone, she gives anonymous cards to give people light, and she goes to enchanted places. She grieves for strangers and smiles for the little things. She appreciates lightness in the world like we never could. I want to talk about all of it, I will, but not now.
I wanted to tell you I would, I wanted to give you time to look this book, to read it. You don't have to of course, I just thought, it's a book for light. You don't have to be struggling with depression to read it. On some level, we all need this level of seeing. It points out so much we dismiss. It's not poetic or at high reading level or anything, it's just a good book.

I wish we could all just read our books and be kind to one another.
She is different. Unpinable. I want to tell you why it's such a waste of pins to try to hold that butterfly still.