Being Proud of You From a Distance

The pride has been felt and dispatched. A notification email has been sent. They now know someone is proud of them — from a distance, for reasons that remain unspecified. That is enough. That may be more than enough.

// PRIDE DISPATCH LOG
[21:47:32.999] Recipient identified. Achievement: unspecified. Pride level: genuine. Distance: confirmed.
[21:47:33.399] Team member briefly considered asking what they did. Decided it didn't matter. Pride persisted.
[21:47:33.899] Wave of pride composed, reviewed, and dispatched toward recipient's general direction.
[21:47:34.799] Notification email sent. Recipient informed. Their confusion: expected. Their gratitude: pending.
Certificate of Remote Pride

This certifies that a genuine, non-transferable wave of pride was felt and dispatched on behalf of the purchaser toward a designated recipient. The recipient has been notified by email. What they did to deserve this is not documented here. We didn't ask. We don't need to know.

Achievement specified: no.
Pride dispatched: yes.
Distance maintained: yes.
Recipient's feelings: unknown. Probably complicated.

They know. From somewhere out there, someone is proud of them. They didn't ask for this. They can't give it back. You've done something.

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