Back in 2009, Troutgirl quoted Anne Lamott’s Hard Laughter to me…

I said that I thought the secret of life was obvious:
be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life’s work, & try to get hold of a giant panda.
If you had a giant panda in your back yard, anything could go wrong — someone could die, or stop loving you, or you could get sick — and if you could look outside and see this adorable, ridiculous, boffo panda, you’d start to laugh; you’d be so filled with thankfulness and amusement that everything would be okay again.

Life goal: Hug Pandas!!!

Although watch out, because pandas can be floppy...

Perhaps it's best to stick with panda babies...

In any case, panda petting zoos belong on every bucket list...

So I repeat: Get yourself a giant panda! You'll see...