When one grows up with an attitude of disdain towards life* -as I apparently did, you can go for a very, very long time missing out on those nuances which make life… which others around you seem to pick up on so effortlessly. It’s those things in an otherwise drab, even cruel world that likely account for “that gleam” in people’s eyes that people like myself could never quite figure out 🤷‍♂️

“If you are sad when life is good (and you are healthy) -what will it be like when life is no longer good, and you no longer possess good health? Enjoy it while it lasts -while you can!”

*It’s all-but-impossible to disdain and appreciate at the same time -and without appreciation, life is simply “drab, even cruel” (and even less). Or, as I heard put in an AA meeting many moons ago “You can’t be sad, and grateful, at the same time”. 🙆‍♂️