Highlights? What if there are none? What if it was just an uneventful day? What am I to do with that? What Level of desperation-induced elaboration might dilute a core objective of this journal: to instill gratitude for each and every day being extraordinary? None. Even an uneventful day, focused on being just that (and thus a successful one), will still contain something extra that's likely being overlooked. A friend reaching out to schedule time for coffee or sharing an article that made them think of you. Somebody asking for my help, being relied on, trusted and needed. The laughter-generating exchange resulting from two recursively throw and returned tennis balls via one of my two allegedly best (4-legged) friends. Helping my mom through another techno issue. The sound of hearing my two kids talking genuinely on a brief call. These and more in just this one "ordinary" day were "extra" moments worthy of my gratitude Especially when experienced alongside a consciousness of impermanence.
Extra Ordinary.
"Extradonary".
(written with a nod to Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, and Peter Falk's similar observations of humanity in general).
