Smell the roses...

I love cold weather. I was talking to this Japanese exchange student yesterday and I was telling her how much I love snow and ice and gelid winds and all things winter and she just kind of shivered and said she adored Thailand's heat. That was one of the main reasons she loves this country. I kinda laughed and thought to myself, to each their own. :lol: I mean, one of the main things I hate about Thailand is the incessantly hot weather! Sometimes it feels like I'm cooking in my own skin.
Well, not today. Today, due to some meterological phenomenon involving China and a front of some sort, Bangkok is actually cool. This made me so happy, I actually did some work on my senior project. Granted, it wasn't a lot, but I did something - something more than adding in headings and changing margins. Isn't it great how a change in the weather can affect your mood? (Though, anyone ever hear of SAD - seasonal affective disorder? Yet another thing I learned from the X-Files.)
What it comes down to is this - it's the little things that count. I know I for one constantly overlook the minutiae of my life, block out things I deem "trivial", but you know what? Nothing is insignificant. Every moment of your life is a gift, a gift that can be reclaimed at any second. Just for today, I'm going to savor the little things. The cool wind blowing through my window. A childhood memory that just popped into my head of me and my brother making a snowman. This pink pencil with a little plastic rabbit hanging from it my roommate gave me for my birthday. Remembering something funny my friend June said. The fact that I am alive and am in possession of all my senses.
For all of these minor things and all the major things, I'm thankful.

Final thought: It's called the present because it's a gift.