Reading this post has helped me to identify in myself a subtle but needed flavor of happiness. I feel it when things are mostly dark and terrible, but some small, maybe inconsequential experience offers some light brightness. I felt it when reading this and then realized I'd also felt it when watching the video of the dog and the basket (https://bsky.app/profile/hollyhoye.bsky.social/post/3lnmcpgxvfk27) and this weekend when I saw multiple protests as I drove across two states.
I've always felt just, you know, like bah humbug when people say posts of pets or flowers cheer them up, but today I felt it. And I was grateful. Which left me with two important takeaways – one, protests do matter because we need to feel happiness sometimes so we can keep going; and two, always read The Sword and Sandwich.
Reading this post has helped me to identify in myself a subtle but needed flavor of happiness. I feel it when things are mostly dark and terrible, but some small, maybe inconsequential experience offers some light brightness. I felt it when reading this and then realized I'd also felt it when watching the video of the dog and the basket (https://bsky.app/profile/hollyhoye.bsky.social/post/3lnmcpgxvfk27) and this weekend when I saw multiple protests as I drove across two states.
I've always felt just, you know, like bah humbug when people say posts of pets or flowers cheer them up, but today I felt it. And I was grateful. Which left me with two important takeaways – one, protests do matter because we need to feel happiness sometimes so we can keep going; and two, always read The Sword and Sandwich.