All the Beautiful Things | Every Brilliant Thing

Ice cream comes in at number 1, followed by water fights at number 2, and staying up late and watching TV at number 3. The color yellow takes the 4th place among all the beautiful things that make life worth living. German by Corinna Brocher. Ice cream comes in at number 1, followed by water fights at number 2, and staying up late and watching TV at number 3. The color yellow takes the 4th place among all the beautiful things that make life worth living. At the age of seven, the narrator began writing this list. On the day his mother tried to take her own life and his father, overwhelmed with shock, could no longer speak to him. All the beauty on the list was meant to help his mom realize why life is beautiful, he hoped. Whenever the list comes into his hands, he adds more things. When he falls in love for the first time, he writes point 517: "Being so close to someone that you can ask them to check if you have broccoli stuck between your teeth." Years later, it is note number 253. 263: "The feeling of calm after realizing that, although you’re in a bind, there’s nothing you can do about it." "All the Beautiful Things" is an incredibly funny piece about depression – and possibly one of the funniest pieces ever (The Guardian). Charming, heart-wrenching, and entirely unsentimental. Duncan Macmillan finds the perfect balance between what makes one despair of life and what makes it so wonderful.