Hello, I am a bear. Here is a brief list of things that have made me quite happy recently:

• Sticks
• Water
• When I can see the moon and the sun at the same time and they are not fighting as I would otherwise expect
• Naming trees
• Taking back the names I have given trees because I am not sure if they already have names, and it seems rude to simply assume
• A very tall bird I saw
• The sky not getting any closer or farther away but instead just staying right where it has always been
• Not knowing how many frogs there are (what a mystery that will remain)
• Having a good idea of how many of me there are (just the one, I believe)
• (but what if there is another one of me somewhere?)
• (and I don’t know that one of me?)
• (and that me is just walking about the forest, looking for a version of himself)
• (and we are just wandering the forest, not finding what we think we need to find and also not knowing if we even can find what we think we need to find)
• (oh no, this list has gotten sad, this is a very upsetting idea)
• (I need to refocus this list and share another thing that made me happy recently)
• Mud
• (that was not very good as I like mud, but I have not had any happy experiences with mud recently)
• More sticks
• (I am still stuck on this possible wandering version of me who is aimlessly trudging throughout the forest, hoping to get even the slightest glimpse of me, the other bear that this bear might be, this is so upsetting to me)
• Some berries I ate
• (maybe if I leave some berries near my cave they will attract the other bear, giving this bear a sign that I am another bear waiting to meet him or maybe he will simply eat them and walk away)
• The smell of my paws
• Sleeping

I am a bear.

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