…I have 10 more things to appreciate since my last post.
58. Getting to the stop at the same time as the bus. This has been happening to me a lot lately. Also, since I have the option of taking a couple different buses to get close to home quickly, but some come closer than others, I appreciate it when the best bus comes first… does that make any sense? Basically I’ll hop on the 0 or the 6, but I like it more when the 6 comes first because it’s door to door service. Realistically, I should be walking my lazy ass home, but that’s beside the point.
59. My personal life experience. I keep looking at people who have lots of money or are really good looking and despite their advantages, I don’t want to be them. I like who I am because of every experience I’ve had, positive and negative.
60. The positive trend of my existence, thus far. I don’t mean “positive,” in that everything has been fantastic all of the time, but rather positive growth, like in a function. My outlook on life is positively correlated with my age. In most terms, things keep getting better. As opposed to someone who’s pinnacle is behind him, I anticipate mine to be in the future. My personal growth as a human being has provided me with a consistently improving ability to enjoy life. (At the same time, as spend more time being alive, I learn more and more about the horrible things people do, and that’s hard to deal with. However, I’m concurrently gaining the ability to deal with it, so growth is a double edged sword.)
61. First world living conditions. I’ve probably already stated this in so many words, but I’m tremendously grateful for easy access to basic necessities and luxuries.
62. Growing up bilingual. Not that my Russian is perfect, but it’s definitely there and it’s helped me absorb other languages more easily. Plus, looks good on a resume and sounds cool.
63. The ocean. Did I mention I’m going SCUBA diving. No? Well I am!!
65. In the same breath, but on the opposite end of the spectrum, space. I don’t think I will be flying out of the atmosphere in my lifetime, but I appreciate the mystery of the cosmos, nonetheless.
66. Evolution; the real weirdness of critters that is beyond the depth of my imagination. I’ve mentioned biodiversity previously, but I’m referring to something different here. In that post, I was focusing on the intertwined ecosystem that makes everything work. Now, I’m talking about the individual animals that exist, I believe, to impress me…
67. The jade plant scraps that the lady who lives by Cheesman Park left for the taking last summer. That was a really nice gift to give to strangers. Shad took several pieces, performed some kind of voodoo, and he turned them into a plant!
Jade Plant
