Sometimes I have so many hopes and plans 
for an evening 
and none of them happen.  

I have all of these thoughts and 
a "picture" in my head of how wonderfully 
the night will pan out.  

It's funny how life and people never fail to 
surprise, 
disappoint 
and even enrage me.  

But there is so much more 
to life than I see in those
narrow-minded moments
of high emotion!  

I try to rise above disappointment 
and find 
satisfaction in the 
here-and-NOW! 

Today I finished my finals.  I did it!  I completed my difficult task of note-taking, memorizing, analyzing and "nursing"!  I have passed another quarter.  Can I just say that I am beyond thankful that God created me with such an amazing brain?  I'm baffled by what my brain can think and know!
  
I feel so lucky to have grown up inside this special skin of mine.  
And, I just hope that, each day of my pencil-dot-one-in-a-million-tiny-assed-life 

(sometimes I feel so small compared to the billions of galaxies and worlds around us)

, I hope all of this skin and "brains" of mine will be able to bless someone or even just make someone smile!  That's what I want :) Yep!