The Excitement of a Kiss!

I am going through this book called Q&A a day. Its a five year journal where I answer a question a day for five years. Today's question was this... Are you seeking contentment, or excitement?
What a question!

Now, I am all for excitement. As a matter of fact, my life is seriously lacking the appropriate amount of excitement needed for the perfect life. However, yesterday, I almost got in a car accident that would have sent me flying head first through the windshield of my car, and that excitement sent me strait into a panic attack. So... Excitement can be overrated. I mean... consider this. Think about the guy who is soooo excited because he's about to jump out of an airplane. He suits up, feeling all safe and secure with his little parachute, and then half way down at the climax of his excitement... he pulls the rip cord.... and nothing happens. How quickly that excitement would turn to panic. I mean, excitement is great! The excitement of a first kiss. The excitement of trying something new. But what is excitement if not coupled with contentment? What is excitement when its instead coupled with the unknown and possibly dangerous? or the extremely unpleasant. Its still exciting.... but its also horrifying. For instance...

                                                  What if your first kiss is a sloberer?

                                                               You know the one.

The one where your convinced if you don't resurface in the first few seconds, you will probably die. The one where you have to keep your eyes open just to make sure that you hadn't mistakingly started making out with a golden retriever? That excitement ends real quick, replaced with disgust. But if you are content, regardless of the talent of the kisser, then even if you drown, you die happy. Or how about when your trying sushi for the first time and unbeknownst to you, the raw fish sat out too long and will give you a rare stomach disease? That excitement turns to bowel movements and where are you without contentment? Angry and swollen. But at least, if your content, you can say to yourself, "Even though I have a stomach disease and can't stop crapping as a result of the excitement of trying sushi for the first time, I'm loosing a ton of weight and I now know I'll look great in a swimsuit next summer."

Seriously. Contentment or excitement? Is there even a question?


Speaking of kissing......

Being currently single, I do miss kissing... But this makes me feel so much better about it. 

In order to further my progress on my bucket list, I will be starting to make a list of one thing a day that I am grateful for.

Today, I am grateful for the fact that I have already had my first kiss and won't look like I'm eating someone's face on my wedding day. :P