Smoking Cigarettes
Almost da end of 2006...and so many blessings. Da remainder of the year will be dedicated to these times.
* God answered my prayer! After years of asking for the strength to accept myself for who I am and how He made me…it happened! The change was gradual, but the realization was sudden.
* Predawn…I am wrapped in my sleeping bag alone in the stone amphitheater listening to bats fly back into the cave…the unmistakable sound of wings flapping all around me. Afterwards I watched the sun rise over the Chihuahuan Desert from start to finish.
* Being in the darkest and most quiet natural place on Earth during a cave blackout. Sound taints the deepest ocean while outer space is littered with light.
* Swimming in Cottonwood swimming hole…perfect solution to a day of hard work. Chilly clear blue water, big cottonwood trees turning golden, playing water polo with Anna and Les…chasing an endless summer in New Mexico.
* Sitting under the night sky...the stars are plenty...I can make out the Milky Way as one long hazy streak. Just enough magic to make me forget the problems that plagued today.
* In the car with Adam and Rhi, we wondered “What is there more to life than eating good food, being active, trying new things, traveling and exploring the world?” It got kind of sad when we realized that we have just boiled down life’s joys to four simple categories. We quickly added philanthropy and charity to that list.
* Closing my eyes…feeling the warm sunlight bathe my face while chilly head clearing breezes blew by. Working was simply being outdoors in late October New Mexico, I had to smile at my good fortune.
* God answered my prayer! After years of asking for the strength to accept myself for who I am and how He made me…it happened! The change was gradual, but the realization was sudden.
* Predawn…I am wrapped in my sleeping bag alone in the stone amphitheater listening to bats fly back into the cave…the unmistakable sound of wings flapping all around me. Afterwards I watched the sun rise over the Chihuahuan Desert from start to finish.
* Being in the darkest and most quiet natural place on Earth during a cave blackout. Sound taints the deepest ocean while outer space is littered with light.
* Swimming in Cottonwood swimming hole…perfect solution to a day of hard work. Chilly clear blue water, big cottonwood trees turning golden, playing water polo with Anna and Les…chasing an endless summer in New Mexico.
* Sitting under the night sky...the stars are plenty...I can make out the Milky Way as one long hazy streak. Just enough magic to make me forget the problems that plagued today.
* In the car with Adam and Rhi, we wondered “What is there more to life than eating good food, being active, trying new things, traveling and exploring the world?” It got kind of sad when we realized that we have just boiled down life’s joys to four simple categories. We quickly added philanthropy and charity to that list.
* Closing my eyes…feeling the warm sunlight bathe my face while chilly head clearing breezes blew by. Working was simply being outdoors in late October New Mexico, I had to smile at my good fortune.