Sometimes I step out of my room into the covered outdoor hallway that stretches this wing of the house, look out over the lake, or tonight, over at my palm tree (which sits just out my window), and I think “Hell yeah! I got what I wanted!”

Considering how long I had lived in the long cold grip of despair over where I was, who I was, and what I saw in my future, this is something that sends shivers of joy through my whole being.

This just happened, and I felt compelled to commit it to memory so that I may find it and know the truth when I am down.

All gratitude to Lord Ganesh!