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Journal SolemnDragon's Journal: World Appreciation Day 17

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Dear World,

(blinder made me promise not to read his journal till he says i can, so don't tell me what's in it or i'll be sad.)

Yes! It is world appreciation day, the day that i am thankful for being in the world (29 years as of today) and offer thanks for the world i'm in and the people in my life.

Which is you. Thank you for being in my life, and adding the joy and wonder that you have brought over my years here (or the last few weeks, for you new folks.)

Thank you for being here and sharing your lives and sharing my life.

This particular world appreciation day began just after midnight, when i almost broke my toe doing a happy dance about it being my birthday. I didn't break it, but i bruised it quite a bit and don't regret it a bit except when i'll have to put on shoes later. World, i love you anyway, even when i dash my foot against you. I'm glad i have a foot and that there's a world, anmd i understand the physics involved but i don't have to like the subjective experience thereof.

on the other hand, i get to wear a tiara today. I mean, sure, i can wear a tiara every day, but today i have an excuse.

So i will.

I took the day off, because i don't like to work on my birthday. I am making gluten-free french toast for breakfast, and then i think i am going to go and get a tiara to wear, because i need a new one, i think. Thank you for having gluten-free bread to make french toast out of, world (and maker of said world.) I think that's really wonderful.

And i have a copy of "The great muppet caper" that i was given, it's hard to find these days, and i love the muppets. That will provide part of the day's entertainment, and i'm psyched. I think i need to pick up some popcorn while i'm out.

So... thank you for being in my life, y'all. And i'm a happy dragon, and i'm-a go out and happy dance at the world today.THank you for being such a wonderful, difficult, magical place, o world, and that i get the capacity to enjoy you when i am 29, and not when i am 92 and regret that i didn't love you more all those years. I love the world even when it's hard to live in, because joy and happiness are somewhat different things. You have to love the world ALL the time, even when you're miserable, because that's the only way away from the sense of entitlement that i (in particular) find myself subject to in my less well-behaved moments. It's not MY time you're taking five minutes of, it's OUR time.

So, here is five minutes of my time to tell you that i love you, and am thankful for being in the world, where there is sunshine and rain and joy and sorrow and toes to injure.

And today, i have much joy about the world.

May you have everything you need, my dear companions, and lots that you want as well.

And MUCH, MUCH joy in the world.

*dances (carefully so as to not hit the toe)*

love,

solemn

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