something I am grateful for today

motivation

I spontaneously realized that the people I love, and who love me, are a powerful motivation for me to care for myself well... in despondent times I sometimes neglect my health (physical, mental, and/or spiritual), and thinking of this feels like a good way of keeping me on track. Sometimes I am willing to do things for others even when I am less willing to do them for myself.

my favourite song

The Big Blue is one of the songs on Sulk's debut album Graceless -- I had preordered the album and therefore received it as soon as it was released in April 2013. (The song was also released as a single the following month.) Since that time, I have listened to it pretty near every day, actively and attentively and with undiminished joy.

It is no overstatement to say that I love this song. It helps me celebrate when I am happy, and it soothes and comforts me when I am in pain. Like almost all of their songs, it is a song that feels like my friend.

I still listen to other songs, I genuinely love other songs... but, for whatever the reason might be, this is the one that I choose to be a part of my life in this way.