It makes me so happy to walk to class every morning and smell the freshly cut grass on campus, even if that means the lawn mowers are incredibly loud and obnoxious. The 25 minute drive to my therapists office is the most freeing, refreshing feeling I experience every 2 weeks, even if it can consist of the smell of cow poop along the dirt roads. I love writing on this blog even if I feel uninspired, and I love making a long queue on Spotify just for a 5 minutes shower.
Even in just writing that short list, I felt an insane dopamine rush. Noticing and romanticizing tiny details throughout the bigger picture is a beautiful thing, even if the bigger picture could be seen as glass half empty due to other minor inconvenience, such as the cow shit.
This prompt is lovely. And the question alone makes me feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude towards how many things I have that are SO SIMPLE but make me so happy. Almost everyday for me looks different from the one previous and the one to come, however, I find similarity in the moments that bring me join in each and everyday (or at least try to), such as the things I mentioned.
Clean clothing is a perfect example of simply “letting things be nice.” When I find myself complaining about an endless cycle of dirty laundry, then that means that there’s also an endless cycle of clean, fresh laundry. It’s such a simple everyday task that can be annoying when you fall behind, but it’s also a quiet kind of abundance—evidence that I have what I need, that I’m cared for in small, practical ways, even if I’m the one doing the task everyday. Maybe the point isn’t to escape the cycle, but to notice what it gives back: warmth, comfort, and the small satisfaction of starting again with something clean. Not just in clothing, but in each little thing we tend to brush through every single day.
I’ve said in past posts that my goal this year is eternal optimism, and that concept is what this posts reminds me to embrace. Letting the routines, cycles, and small wonders live hugely. Finding a silver lining can seem invisible, but it’s always gonna be there every time someone is cutting grass, and every time you’re doing your laundry.
Glass half full.
mind and muse 
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