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March 14, 2005
Enjoy your Life
Today, as I walked from MIT towards the T station, I walked over the Harvard Bridge as I always do. I don't often walk this way at night, and many times (especially in the winter) the weather doesn't permit me to observe anything more than a few feet of pavement in front of me. But tonight it was nice enough for me to look around, and I admired the Boston skyline. From the middle of the Harvard Bridge you can see just about everything, from downtown all the way towards BU, as well as everything on the Cambridge side.
As I was posting to Becca's blog, I thought about that experience. Somedays, even doing the same thing that you've done many a time, sometimes it just feels a little special. It's not like I've never seen the Boston skyline before... but tonight I felt like I got the chance to appreciate it.
Make sure you take the time every day to find something to appreciate. It's like the effort I put into posting to my blog. I don't do it because I'm just bursting with fun and exciting stuff... some days I'm less than enthusiastic - and some days I forget entirely! But when I remember, I make the effort, because there always has to be something that happened today worth writing about. I couldn't imagine a day that was so utterly like the one before that it didn't even deserve a passing, trivial mention. I know that if I ever got to that point - it's not about my situation, it's about my attitude! Something interesting always happens, you just have to be willing to go and dig it up.
Posted by kgutwin at March 14, 2005 10:03 PM
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Comments
When I was studying at Berkeley I took an algorithm course from Dr. Karp, one of the group responsible for developing complexity theory. Dr. Karp was a brilliant lecturer, and one (of the many) days I went to his office to ask a question, I paused before leaving and thanked him for his obvious efforts in teaching, and asked him how he kept the course so interesting after teaching it for so long. He said something like “Before every class I go through my notes to find something interesting. If I can’t find anything interesting in the material, how will my students?”
While this is an excellent pedagogical observation, it also illustrates the point that wonder, interest and hope must all be cultivated and practiced. We all know people who practice criticism, fear and despair. I’m with you – I’ll choose wonder every time.
Posted by: Paul Gutwin at March 15, 2005 07:32 AM
I'm with both of you. There is always something to be thankful for at the end of every day. Sometimes as your going through it, it seems all bad, but when looking back on it there are always things to be thankful for.
Posted by: Gramps at March 15, 2005 10:43 AM