Yesterday, I had one of those New York State of Mind days. It was really cool. I felt keenly connected to the diversity around me. It started with Pickleball. I played with two Sri Lankan women, a Chinese American woman and Richie from Long Island. Then I went to the doctor. I absolutely love my primary care physician. I don’t even know how I found them or how I chose them, but they’re all Russians. When I say Russians, I say that loosely. I’m a little bit ignorant about the Federation of Russian countries, quite frankly. All I know is that when I walk into the office, all of the staff is speaking Russian and most of the patients are Russian. It’s really kind of cool.

Anyway, as I was walking home from the doctor’s office, I was just so aware of the diversity around me. First, the Russians in the office. Even like the woman that drew my blood was a heavily tattooed trans woman. After I left, as I’m walking up Lexington Avenue when I hear some woman screaming on the phone in a foreign language. I have no idea what it is.

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