Looking Back

As I find myself recovering from another form of the flu, the knowledge that being healthy is not something to waste, comes frequently to mind. I can look back at some of the physical things I did this year, and realize how lucky I was to be able to even want to do those things. Right now, it would be risky to walk on the treadmill. I can't wait for the energy to come back, but in the meantime I can reflect.
Life has been interesting for sure. My house is really getting fixed up after years of neglect, and music has been a strong force the whole time. A lot of surfing, mostly due to having young friends that wanted to go all of the time.
2011 will be the year Dusty gets his CD out there, and we'll soon find out whether I'm a pessimist or a realist. I'm predicting a closet full of unsold CD's, but the music sounds awesome and I would just love to be wrong...and it wouldn't be the first time.

What The Flu Is Good For

Man, if you ever needed a reason to quit complaining, a good bout of the flu will do it. I'm finally starting to feel myself again. Do you remember feeling so sick that you didn't even care about what you were missing? It didn't matter if it was the prettiest day of the year, all I could think of is, what if you never got better? What if the rest of my life was feeling that bad?
I'm starting to feel cheerful now, still coughing enough to make most folks show the sign of the cross and move farther away, and still trying to recall how I could jump up every morning and run 5 miles. Trying to think about how I don't have enough stuff, enough money, the best job, all of those things that just seem to be one big WANT.

Yup, the next time I wake up feeling like a good 5 mile run, I'm going to remember that THAT is the thing I really wanted...