Do You Look At Your Poop - I Do

 Do You Look At Your Poop - I Do

When a baby poops, most parents look at it in the dipper. Why, because they want to make sure there is nothing in there that is not normal. The baby doesn't care because they are not even sure they pooped. 

A child between 2 to 4 begins using the toilet. A parent of a 2 year old who gets their child to poop on the toilet believes their child is a star. The thing is that 2 to 4 year old child who poops on the toilet looks at his or her poop. Why? Because they believe they accomplished something great and the parent applaud them for their accomplishment.

By the time the child gets to10, pooping is just a daily routine. No need to look at the poop because they know what is in there and they aren't going to get an at-a-boy from their parents. This goes on until around their sixties.

Welcome to my world. Pooping is an event not just a daily routine. There are some like my father who had absolutely had no problem pooping until he died at 87. However, many of us old people have a problem pooping.

We combat our problem with pills, liquids, eating more fiber, etc. etc. When a good one happens, we look at what we accomplished. I'm probably unique, but I'm a looker. I even tell my spouse I had a good day.

Sooo, what does all this have to do with happiness? It all has to do with appreciation. With all the crap (another word for poop) going on in the world, we don't appreciate all we have. I appreciate life. I appreciate my wife. I appreciate my friends and relatives. I appreciate my house, my car, my surroundings and even:

A Great Poop.