The last few years have been, well, let us say, difficult. Difficult for many people, the nation, heck, the world. I admit, things have been challenging for me personally. At times, it has felt like an ever narrower spiral downwards and there have been moments when my entire efforts were consigned to fending off despair.
Oh, last November, I was thrilled to receive a big booster of hope, but pragmatically, I realized that whatever accomplishments arose from that momentous election were unlikely to be in time to alter my dilemma. I continued to struggle along, plodding, head-down, fighting against what often felt like overwhelming odds. It seemed that all my energies were focused on survival, not living.
Yesterday, due to an amazing string of events, for the first time in longer than I can remember, I looked up at 5:27 p.m. and noticed, the sky was blue and felt the first stirrings of sense of almost, well, happiness.
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