I have been away from my computer for two days, and I feel like I missed a bunch of stuff! Catching up now: Happy "belated" Anniversary!

Too many things I love in this world to write up in a short post. I am one of those people that adores billions of things because I appreciate what went into creating it. Of course, plants are my big love, but there are also so many others.

As for things I hate... other than avocados and mayonnaise, I try to keep the whole "hate" thing out of my vocabulary. There are many things that have aspects that I dislike (sometimes, dislike very, very, very strongly), but hate takes so much dang energy that I decided a few years back to do my best to eradicate it from my thinking. I am a naturally negative person, so the whole extreme emotion thing comes easily. If you let me at it, I will destroy something in less than 0.03 seconds. But is that who I really want to be?

Nowadays, when I get in a group that is going on and on about something, I find myself participating for a while, then feeling like crud. So I do my best to try to look for the positive. It is not always easy, but it can be done. I usually chalk most behaviors to ignorance--both my own for not understanding it or the other for not being exposed to anything different. And as for "stuff" I might hate, then I try to find some positive side I can connect to.

Except for avocados and mayonnaise... try as I may, I can't find a way to put them in my mouth and not gag. I accept that they are healthy and good and others love them, but keep them away from my food!