It’s a Great Day to be Alive

For your consideration…..

I can sure tell that Mercury is out of retrograde. Communication and information is flowing fast and furious. Yesterday I was given so many things I had to ask which was the message for the day. I wrote the rest down for another time.

Today I woke up out of a dead sleep with the following song singing in my head. Ok. I get it. This is the message. Then I remembered this is 9-11. So I am thinking this can not be right. I meditated and still they insist that this is the for message today.

It’s a Great Day to Be Alive

Travis Tritt

I got rice cooking in the microwave
Got a three day beard I don’t plan to shave
And it’s a goofy thing but I just gotta say
Hey, I’m doing alright
Yeah I think I’ll make me some homemade soup
Feelin’ pretty good and that’s the truth
It’s neither drink nor drug induced
No, I’m just doin’ alright

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin’ when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

It’s been fifteen years since I left home
Said good luck to every seed I’d sown
Give it my best and then I left it alone
Oh I hope they’re doin’ alright
Now I look in the mirror and what do I see?
A lone wolf there starin’ back at me
Long in the tooth but harmless as can be
Lord, I guess he’s doin’ alright

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin’ when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

Sometimes its lonely
Sometimes its only me and
The shadows that fill this room
Sometimes I’m fallin’, desperately callin’
Howlin’ at the moon

Well I might go get me a new tatoo or
Take my old Harley for a three day cruise
Might even grow me a fu manchu

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin’ when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin’ when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

Ahhh, now I get it. If we look closer at the song everything in it is simple, nothing big or unusual is happening. It is just a normal day in a normal neighborhood. But it is being noticed and given gratitude. Things of an everyday life is being looked at with  a new perspective, new eyes. The glass isn’t half empty. It is half full. Actually it is close to being full.

Today we remember a day when all of our lives changed somehow. Many, many spouses, parents, friends and family members lost their lives. Many, many ordinary people were heroes. We pause today in remembrance to honor them. We send them our blessings and prayers. And we honor those left behind who have persevered through their grief. We send them our blessing and prayers as well. That is an action we can do.

Another action we can do is take a second look at today. Taking everything into consideration, times may be hard but we have a lot to be grateful for. We have a lot we take for granted that are really blessings. Count them up and smile. That is the HOPE. It is a great day in the neighborhood.

Bit by bit, piece by piece, hope by hope action steps anyone can take…..

-Meditate

-Open your new eyes and look at all you have around you. Be grateful.

-Get outdoors for at least a few minutes. Take in some deep breaths. Notice. Nature is your home. You are one with it and it with you.

-Drink lots of water. It is a gift of nature to cleanse and purify you. It makes you new.

What made me smile yesterday…..

-A spur of the moment outing to Ann Arbor with my good friend and a real trooper, Carol.

-A great shopping outing finding many of the “perfect” things I need for Stillwater.

-Oh yeah, Crazy Wisdom, just what I needed.

-All of the Maize and Blue. What were we thinking walking around Ann Arbor without the proper attire? We looked like aliens.

-A great homemade pizza for dinner and an appreciative husband.

-A hard-fought football contest between 2 great universities, University of Michigan and Notre Dame.

-A happy Alex in Dallas.

-A long phone conversation with my dear, dear sister-in-law, Cathy. That doesn’t happen enough. I miss her all the time.

Love, Blessings and Gratitude,

Chris

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