Congrats for existing

Everyone deserves to hear they’re doing a good job

a very pretty mystery plant that’s doing a great job existing | photo by author

Sometimes I congratulate random objects for existing. For instance, I’ll walk by a flower and say, “Good job being a flower!” I do this all day long. Congratulating trees, dirt, birds, my water bottle, the floor…you get the idea.

I’ve done it so much that now my partner has picked it up too. The other day, we were…