define life: wonderful, awful, great, sad, lonely, full, miserable, joyful...

Mmh, life's simple pleasures. I just spent the day enjoying them. Talking to good friends, listening to the bright fullness of my guitar, watching the rain coming down, tasting the sharp sweet sting of a frozen popsicle, laughing at a stupid joke on my favorite sitcom, remembering a song and the memories that went with it from so many years ago, and many other such things. One thing i am is grateful for where i am in life, i know that it's right where God wants me. I could have ended up anywhere, anytime in the world that God wanted me, but he wanted me here, and i'm grateful he has placed me here. Bethany has said something that makes sooo much sense, though: "I don't expect life to be easy. It hasn't been so far and i'm not holding out for smooth sailing in the future. Not everyone likes this philosophy, but it makes sense to me because when life hits and skids, i don't have to regroup like the people who walk around like life owes them a joyful existence. Life is hard, but then if it was easy, it wouldn't be any fun!" How true that is! Now, i love my life. It's never easy, but that's just life, isn't it?