It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ~ Charles Spurgeon

Three Questions, December 6, 2024

You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post about it. I’ll be answering the questions each day for the next year and putting this experience into a book. Here we go!

What was the most beautiful thing I experienced today?

It’s been a long day, and the most beautiful thing I experienced was opening the lid of a pizza box and seeing a lovely hot and delicious pizza staring back at me for my dinner.

What did I learn today?

Today I learned that the date of my open heart surgery will be some time in August. I also learned that in fact I will having three heart procedures that day, not just the two I had been anticipating. It’s not unexpected but still pretty heavy news and when it’s the first meeting of the day, makes for a very long day.

What made me happy today?

What made me happy today is a silly vain little thing. Emma Dumont is an actress I fanboy over a little bit. I find her to be an absolutely fascinating human being, a working actress who was also finishing a degree in engineering. She’s also been really open about a tough and complicated personal life and struggles. Recently she posted on IG for the first time in some time. I commented on how nice it was to see her light again, she liked and responded to my comment today, somewhat ambiguously but it made me happy that she noticed my comment. It’s an interesting time that we live in where social media allows us to interact with the famous people we admire.