28 Things I Love About the World
To stop and smell the roses in life is something that is becoming increasingly challenging against the backdrop of this political climate: from Palestine to Minnesota and all the other corners of earth where survival takes on a different meaning. If I stop to fully acknowledge the plethora of atrocities occurring at any given moment in the world, it’s hard not to start subscribing to Nihilism. But, the eternal optimist in me won’t go down without a fight; so here’s a list of 28 of my favourite things in the world in the spirit of gratitude and reflection.
1. The cute wave that bus drivers give each other
2. Half pint glasses
3. How it’s impossible to eat a Pain Au Chocolat without at least one bit flaking on you
4. Friendships that aren’t built on being yes men
5. The phrase ‘put your big girl pants on’
6. Solo cinema dates
7. The mysticism shrouding the Bermuda Triangle
8. Rowan’s, Finsbury Park
9. Smoking and watching Modern Family
10. The fact that pronouncing GIF the correct way is socially unacceptable
11. Being a woman
12. A neck chain on a man
13. Listening to ‘Right Above It’ by Lil Wayne when I’m sad
14. Chess
15. People who radiate warmth
16. Using fingers to do the most basic math
17. The elongated H-ee-llo you say when you answer a call from someone you don’t know
18. Employers that don’t require you to write a cover letter
19. This quote by Moira Rose: “Lest you suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of your moral ground”
20. Chase & Status
21. The first name ‘Pepper’
22. That I’m living amongst people who know the phonetic alphabet
23. Roll Safe’s Fire in the Booth
24. Lollipop Ladies
25. The wisdom you gain from aging
26. That all the possessions we love will one day be relics
27. The universal custom of singing Happy Birthday to someone!
28. How after spending enough time with other women, your cycles will sync
