nerd out

[andeepants]

Before I completely nerd out, I would just like to ask the journal viewing community if I am the only person who takes notice of eharmony commercials...Every one of the testimonials are by people who have been matched up with someone of their own ethnicity. Maybe I am conditioned to expect a melting pot of races crammed into every commercial and

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[presque_penny]

Yes, yes we should. Because after all, simply to be alive is a grand thing. Better to have lived and lost than to never have lived at all.

Great post.

[andeepants]

I mean, I am not saying that being alive isn't worth appreciating. I am just saying it is strange to think in terms of being lucky. Like, "I am so lucky to not be someone who was never born." I am not saying that it is a stupid statement or anything, but it is a disproportional framework for perceiving life. I think it is more sensible to have a glass half filled or half empty instead of consistently reminding yourself to see an overflowing tub.