A Rambling... Free Write.

It's an amazing day to be alive and well.
The Earth continues to spin on its axis and I continue to breathe easily and love strong.

I'm enjoying my first vacation in quite a while, and doing so thoroughly. Tomorrow I will depart on a journey to spend time with family and friends for a few days. I will have to leave my love behind this time and I just know I am going to miss his face so much, but a good trip it shall be nonetheless. I've been feeling pretty well lately; a few moments drew me away from that, but temporary distractions never cease to exist.

I'm looking forward to enjoying present moments and keeping focused on the future directly ahead. I cannot wait to embark out west next summer - it's going to be fresh, true to my desire, and exciting in many respects. For now, however, I am enjoying the months immediately subsequent to now, and am excited about the memories I will gain in this period.

I have a strong desire to build upon the moments in life past for a brighter, more peaceful tomorrow. Life is truly grand - it's been educational, emotional, enjoyable, exhilarating, and most of all, just the way I'd hope if I had to do it all over again. Although there are individual instances I might consider improving, the overall image of my existence is something worth fighting for, and that says something. I'm happy to be me, and I'm thankful for all the wonderful people in my life.

Now, I must pack...

"When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking." (Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City, The Real Me, 2001)

Happy

Relaxing on a Monday afternoon at the end of a wonderful three day weekend. Life's pretty good these days. I think some people would rather see me down and not enjoying life as much as possible, but that doesn't matter now, does it? I say not. I can reflect over the past several months and see that while some days were less than great, more were enjoyable, memorable even. To trade a few days of unpleasant memories of friends past for many days of pure enjoyment in the world immediately surrounding me, I'll make the trade. It's been worth everything I've left behind, every one that couldn't stand beside me. There's not a chance that I could have ended up somewhere better given the circumstances of reality coupled with everyone's need to impose their opinions on me. Through all the moments where I questioned myself, or allowed myself to feel sorry, I've learned one thing - what my opinion on my life is...

Good news?
They never had the power to take that away from me.
In fact, I feel thankful they pushed and prodded the way they did; without them, I might never have been allowed to feel so happy.

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence” --Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)