Life! It amazes me that people really are still trying to figure it out- as thought its some mystery. As though the way we LIVE today isn't our REAL life- and that there's always something better right around the corner- then THAT will be our lives. The best thing I ever did was to wake up and realize that on a scale of 1 to 10- with 2 being those Shanti's in Africa, where the tribesman and women still hunt for meals, 1 being a regular citizen of Iraq right now, I'd have to rate mine at a solid 8, and this is coming from someone with singles in the bank, and thousands in bills. See- I'll NEVER underappreciate waking up and seeing a woman who will be my partner for better or worse, children who love me when I give and when I don't, and going to a job that doesn't require me to forgo all dignity to bring home a paycheck that STILL leaves me short every month. As blessed as I know I am, I'm more than cognizant of the fact that this has all been one long journey, one that has been as full as ups as it has been downs, full of as many tears as it has smiles, and it all is just LIFE.