Blessed

I woke up today to find myself falling insanely in love with the possibilities my life has to offer. It seems that each morning brings a better understanding of where I stand in the short curvature of my precious life. I get discouraged about how much I've missed already, but it only makes me more determined to make the best of what I've got. I'm looking forward to the satisfaction of a life well lived, and I'll be damned if I let anything get in the way.

Whenever this liberating perspective bubbles up through the muck of life, I find all my decision-making is immediately simplified. Eat well, exercise, and stay healthy. Be kind to others, offer help where you can, and rejoice with people you love. Listen to music and spend time outside. Pursue what drives you and use it to make a difference in someone else's life. Like Mary Oliver says, "you have only to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves". When held beside these simple delights, all of the fleeting pleasures of our big, confused world ring hollow.

If you make yourself alive, you save yourself. Celebrate being alive, rejoice!