I wasn’t planning to write this week. But a tiny nothingness struck me that made me feel something special.

It was just this broken sign…that someone sprayed with orange paint to help pedestrians avoid its danger.

It doesn’t matter who specifically did it.

All that matters is We Did It.

We care.

Despite our many faults and broken internal algorithms, we have this going for us—which is nice.

I’m thankful for all of the little things we do to help each other counter the entropy in the universe.

That ugly, broken orange metal stump is a sign of something beautiful. 

Happy Thanksgiving

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