'Lemon Tree' by Fool's Garden

Ah. I am so happy right now.

Why? What happened?
Truth be told, next to nothing happened.

What I did was simply to go to my grandparents' house, stopping at a bookstore along the way.

See?
This is quite a mundane routine, some might say.

But somehow, I feel happy after I got back from my grandparents'.

Why?

I think it's because of the small, simple pleasures I happen to experience along the way.

For instance, at the bookstore.
The bookstore offered a 15% discount for ALL ITEMS.
And, for purchases above 20,000 IDR, they offer to coat your book with plastic cover. For free.
And the guy at the bag deposit place was real friendly.

Then, at my grandparents'.
Just the usual.
I had a wash. Had dinner. Talked about my studies a bit.

I mean, these things might not seem important enough or significant enough for me to write about, or even remember.
You might not even see what is so nice about them.
But I do remember them.
And simple things like these are what keeps me going through this life.
What makes the tasks ahead seem less impossible.
What makes tomorrow full of happy possibilities.
What keeps worries out of my head.
I just realized it now.

My friends....
I think I am beginning to love this life.

A pity it took me eighteen years to do so.