Oh no they can’t take that away from me
January 20th, 2007A list of 19.99 non-commercial things that are invaluable nonetheless:
- A whiff of fresh air, damp with early morning dew, sparkling with sunrise, with definite cow dung undertones, while I race downhill on my bicycle.
- The color orange
- Ursa Major, Orion and Polaris (amongst others)
- Gravitation
- The idea of a hammock
- The words ‘I am sorry’
- The Mediterranean Sea
- Old friends
- Southwestern France’s accent
- Sneezing
- The memory of a kiss
- Smiles
- Photosynthesis
- Linux
- The nightingale (or was it a lark?)
- Hope
- My wife’s heartbeat
- One’s immune system
- The letter k
- and me
Now do you still believe happiness has anything to do with GDP growth?
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What an interesting concept - I’m taking the liberty of creating my own list on the archive. Not that my list will be as striking as yours. I love the plant - is it Rosemary?
Nope - definitely not rosemary. The vernacular name is unknown to me, but it is probably of the weedia genus. A wild guess: weedia weedia vulgus.
I like the fact that you consider yourself invaluable. It is important that we know how intrinsically valuable we are as unique beings living lightly on the earth. I know some people would think that such a statement would be unconscionably self-absorbed and self-important, but I take it as the statement of an intelligent and interesting person who is aware of his value without being conceited.
Like the list, probably won’t copy you. I have too many blog post ideas as it is!
“an intelligent and interesting person who is aware of his value without being conceited” — thanks. Or it could be that I could not find a 20th thing. Or it could be a joke about 19.99 things and I had to find something slightly less valuable to remain below the 20 things psychological barrier.
It reminds me of a joke book dedication : ‘to the one person without whom nothing useful I ever did could ever have happened: me’.
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