This Good Life

I was recently pondering why on Earth that I'm so happy right now...??   It really puzzled me that I was a) first and foremost even pondering this, and that b) I had a hard time figuring out the answer.  Well let's dwell on a) for a second.  I confused myself in pondering about my happiness because I've always had such a blessed life!  And there's never really been a reason or any excuses for me to be un happy.  So why would I "suddenly" and recently become so happy ?  Have I been unhappy all along and never really realized it? Ok, now let's look at the issue of b).  It puzzled me that I had a hard time figuring out the answers to the questions I was asking myself because-- shouldn't these answers be apparent? Shouldn't I know why I'm happy without having to think about it? Well, if I stick with my original thought, then I truly never will find an answer to ANY of the above questions...if I truly believe that something...

With everything that is going over in Egypt and the Middle East, I am SO grateful to have already "been there, done that" and to be "safe" here in America. The unrest is shocking and appalling to watch--I was actually in a state of horror when I first heard that protesters had broken into the Cairo Museum and were on a rampage within the walls of an entity cradling such history.  I've been in that museum and--though it's most notable for holding King Tut's treasures--it's abundant not with just Egypt's treasures but with historical riches that belong to the world.  Riches that help tell the story of the world.  It's amazing how the unrest of people can so threaten these things... Now that I think about it, I feel that upheavals such as the current one were inevitable.  I mean, we were in an "Information Age" for a long time...information and education was becoming more readily available to everyone through the Internet.  However,...