This-and-That Vegetable Fruit Salad

20221211, #breakfastdiary 621, 3°C/mostly cloudy, 27min/mostly cloudy We tend to overly worship the power of positivity. We're embarrassed to take sadness and longing seriously. Cheerful, joyful moods are treated as the winners, while hurt, depressed moods are treated as the losers. It's a kind of "tyranny of positivity." (Bittersweet: How Our Bittersweet Human Nature Is a Source of Creativity, @longblack.co) But don't forget that compassion for another's sorrow and pain is exactly what has connected and driven the evolution of humankind. Spinach, avocado, the prettiest strawberries in the world, brie cheese, and pan-toasted walnuts, all finished with vinaigrette — #thisandthatvegetablefruitsalad