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Right now? Well, right now, I'm an optimist. I'm seeing the happy, you know? I'm not see that sad, or that dreaded angry. Nope, right now, I'm seeing, I'm seeing that good.

In baseball on, let's see, Sunday—that would two days ago—well, on that day, I tore up my knee. And now there's a hobble to my step and a good one inch diameter of pulpy, red flesh on my knee.

But here's where the happy, the good comes in.

You see, on these types of abrasions, pouring on hydrogen peroxide is a good idea. And though it stings like hell, yes, I did it, and I hardly noticed it. Because the instant that hydrogen peroxide touched my wound, it began fizzling this minuscule white foam. This fizzle, fizzle of sorts.

And it's sometimes those slightest of things—those fizzle, fizzles—that distract you from everything, that just, well, make you see the happy and the good..... and make you an optimist even when you're a fully pledged pessimist.