This is a bit weird and I’m clearly overthinking but I went out last night and had a few drinks.
I wasn’t drunk or anything but woke up this morning feeling really thirsty with a dry mouth.
I drank a pint of water and it felt purely joyful!
I take medication which makes me thirsty and we’d gone out for a Chinese with loads of soy sauce so I just appreciated it all the more and the water felt like the best drink I’d ever tasted.
It got me thinking about all the other little things where I’ve felt the same.
Almost missing the train and that feeling of triumph when you run to catch it and throw yourself through the door and sit panting - especially when it’s an important journey.
Getting into bed when I’m absolutely exhausted and that feeling of relief at being able to finally go to sleep.
I was on a long motorway journey last month and for the last 10 miles I was desperate for a wee, when I got home and was able to go it was pure euphoria 😂.
I had food poisoning about 6 months ago and was really violently ill, when I finally felt better I felt like I didn’t appreciate the fact that I didn’t feel like that all the time and whenever I found myself complaining about something for days afterwards I stopped myself and thought that at least I wasn’t throwing up!
My cat was run over last year and I thought he was going to die. After the vet saved him I kept thinking when I had a bad day about how much worse it could be and revisiting that moment of pure relief from when I was told he was ok and how nothing else seemed important at that time.
I just wondered if anyone else thinks like this sometimes or if it’s just me? I wouldn’t call myself an overly positive person, I’d say I’m somewhat average with a healthy dose of negativity or pessimism thrown in when required.
After a long period of having no money at all I get so excited when I can buy myself something - even the smallest of treats, it made me think about how I never fully appreciated the little things in the past.
I do have plenty of the opposite moments where I wonder if I’ve got a curse on me or did something terrible in a previous life I’m being punished for 😂.