It's a beautiful day

There are so many good things about life right now! Joel and Caity are coming to MI, my friend from Sweden (and my daughter's namesake) Helena is here, a good friend of mine just told me she has finally gotten pregnant after a long time of trying, a book I have wanted forever but wasn't willing to pay $25 for finally came up for $2 on ebay...the list goes on. I had a great piano lesson with one of my favorite students today, got a chance to take a really long (and, alas, sweaty) walk, finished up plenty of chores, picked out some music for the ward choir (I'm the director), and had a lovely and friendly picnic with my family and some friends from CA. There are so many things to add, but in short, I have a charmed life right now. I always get just a little nervous when things are good like this - when will the bottom drop out? I realized last night that the bottom just might NOT drop out. Maybe life can be beautiful, despite the sorrows that can come to all of us. As long as they aren't sorrows we put upon ourselves through bad choices, they won't be as painful. Aren't we lucky to live in a world where life can be so rich? Where we no longer have to worry so intensely about the basics of life - food, medicine, shelter?

I end this blah, blah, blah with a quote, as usual:

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller