I was thinking today about how different my life is from 30 years ago.  How different I am.

It is sort of amazing to me, really.  I was so young then, didn’t concern myself with too much of anything.  No community involvement, or political involvement.  Certainly nothing in the way of healthy living.  No environmental concerns.

I woke. I worked.  I smoked and drank. I partied and played. I slept.   And did it all over again the next day.  And the next.

Tonight, as I sat in the Chicken Yard, with some of the people I love the very most in this world, and as we talked and laughed, and sat…. and watched chickens….. I saw the Universe showering me with these tremendous blessings.  Like a bunch of shooting stars flying through the night sky.

Indeed.  A beautiful summer night.  A campfire roaring on the hill by the tent… and us in the chicken yard.  Feeding chickens.

Sometimes…. just like all those T-Shirts say… life really is good.

Tonight I gave thanks for this.  From the bottom my heart, all the way to the top.  And back again.

I hope to do it all over again the next day.  And the next.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.  —  Og Mandino

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.  —  Khalil Gibran