Today I had a very small epiphany during something as trivial as painting my nails.    I hate painting my nails because I hate waiting for them to dry.  I know that I will become temporarily handicapped from doing most things requiring fine motor skills, so I usually opt out.  But when I do do them and I wait patiently, I don’t regret it.  This evening as I was sitting in my kitchen, I joined my fellow housemates in this female tradition, and I’m so glad that I did.  The next day I couldn’t stop staring at them, and pointing to things, and touching them with my fingertips.  I felt satisfaction for having such healthy feeling, sparkly, beautiful nails.

The small epiphany, or I should say re-epiphany as I have experienced it before, but it was reintroduced tonight: do things that make you happy, even if they are trivial, and even if the process to get there annoys you.  It’s worth it!

I made this using photoshop and pictures of my nails from this day.  I used ” < ” and ” / ” symbols to add a pattern.  I wanted it to look simple and economical.  I used feminine colors to compliment the context of the story.