Awake and Alive

I can’t describe my frame of mind right now, not eloquently. It’s good, really good. Hopeful. Optimistic. Scared. Lots of things. This song came on while driving to work and it seems to fit my mood. Now it’s my time I’ll do what I want ’cause this is my life right here(right here), right now […]

Waking up is hard to do

I couldn’t pick a title for this post. I say this to myself sometimes in the morning (to the tune of Neil Sedaka’s hit) (1962 version). I’ve said it to my kids. It has more than one meaning. “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama XIV I’ve said before how I feel […]

another opportunity

To put it mildly, it has been a rough afternoon. I don’t want to rehash things.  In fact, I wish I could forget some of what was said.  It has left me feeling horribly pessimistic, just this side of despair.  I hoped, thought, wished, (insert optimistic-sounding word here) that things were getting better, that there […]