An Extraordinary Life

Extraordinary! That describes my life today. It's more than I ever could have dreamed or imagined. Does that sound a bit pretentious? I don't mean it to be. I'm just aware of how good my life really is--not perfect, not without challenges––but still extraordinary. I am able to think clearly and to feel deeply. I am grateful for my family, my work, my friends, opportunities to give and receive, to learn and to teach, to grow and to reflect. And I appreciate the gold and green hills surrounding the community where I live, the ocean only minutes away by car, the stately pines along the Central Coast, and the fields of farm land for miles around. On another day I want to talk about that in detail. But this is all for today. Thank you, God, for all of it.