When, 5 minutes after awakening on Monday early morning, I logged onto Instagram (I understand, bad sleep health!), I didn't believe that anything I saw there might really cheer me up. Ravaging wildfires are still burning in my home base of Los Angeles, and while I am beyond fortunate not to be amongst the lots of who lost their homes, their valuable possessions, or (in some especially horrible cases) their enjoyed ones in the blazes, it's tough to be in LA right now without sensation at least a little bit off-balance.
To my surprise, nevertheless, what I discovered awaiting me on Instagram made me smile without even recognizing I was doing it. Here, I provide, for your own watching satisfaction, this picture of a goldfish in an Erewhon container that somebody saved from among the fires:
Sure, the very-online cumulative awareness might have proceeded from charming animal videos at some point in the early aughts, however the sight of this little fish drifting in a vessel from among LA's a lot of ludicrous and terrific locations– little, orange, and alone, yet quite alive and queening out– truly made me feel excellent. That's something I do not consider given, specifically today.
That's what I'm up to for at least 5 minutes a day, every day, for the time being: mainlining pictures and videos of displaced family pets reuniting with their owners after the fires. I wish to be as present and handy as I can to the pals and next-door neighbors in my neighborhood who have actually lost whatever, or who are just having a hard time and require somebody to view their kids or bring them supper, however amidst all that, I'm likewise leaning into whatever self-care tools I have in my toolbox– and these minutes of heartrending sweet taste are amongst them.
In the spirit of sharing resources, and in case you, too, are in requirement of a hit of pleasure right now, discover a roundup of some of my preferred stories of animals discovered or reunited with their households after the wildfires. You're welcome.
