Dankbarkeit

I am thankful...

that abusing coffee doesn't cause a hangover

that listening to an iPod doesn't cause cancer

that cursing is not illegal

that people can't hear what I'm thinking

for the Käseteller at the FU

that I can effortlessly summon the English words for effortlessness, summoning, and pinky toe

that I have reached 28 without falling apart, breaking down, freaking out, or screwing up (too much)

that no one whose services I currently need is on strike

for navy blue

for the collared shirt, the v-neck sweater, the sport coat, and jeans

for martinis

for autonomy

for taste

that we all get to be young for a while

that ignorance, provincialism, and naivete are all curable

for second nature

that cosmopolitanism is not the same as multiculturalism

for the stability of platonic relationships

that opinions, insofar as they diverge from the truth, are inconsequential

that I was born in New York

that I live in Berlin

Und ich bin auch dankbar, dass ich manchmal ein bisschen Deustch sprechen kann!

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