Feeling Grateful: Gore & the Red Sox

Life is so good.

Al Gore & colleagues won the Nobel Peace Prize. Way to go, Al! How proud I am to share his name.

My beloved Red Sox decisively won game 1 of the AL Championship Series against the Cleveland Indians. Way to go, Bo Sox! As in 2004, I'll be wearing my Sox team cap and red socks whenever possible. I plan to sleep in my 2004 Red Sox World Series Champions t-shirt.

I am very glad that these things can make me happy at a very uncertain time in my life. I recall four dark years not so long ago when I prayed each night to die in my sleep and then awoke in the morning feeling angry that I was still alive. Sure, the ups and downs of losing my job and going it alone in life can weigh me down. But if I can feel joy over these events then I'm doing pretty well.

The choir is singing in church tonight. Yes, life is good!