i thank You God for most this amazing

day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees

and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything

which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,

and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth

day of life and love and wings:and of the gay 

great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing 

breathing any-lifted from the no

of all nothing-human merely being doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and 

now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

-e.e. cummings

Cummings is my favorite because when I don't have the words to say what I feel, he always does. Of course, they're much more beautiful than any I could have written myself. 

It's a beautiful day today. Just slightly nippy, like that last breath of winter blowing us gently, and ever-so-bitingly into April. The sky is that indescribable blue that invites a strained neck from the constant desire to look up, up, up. No clouds, no typical Decatur soy stench, no threat of rain...just spring. The blossoms are starting to open, and the only thing I long for is a temperature just ten degrees warmer so I could put the top down on my convertible and cruise to the lake by way of Starbucks for an iced latte...and maybe a splurge on a toffee-almond-chocolate-bar-of-calorie-packed-delicious. mmmmm....

I've decided that I will waste no time on stress for the rest of the year. Things will get done because they just will. I will work to the very best of my ability and not strive for more. Things may not be perfect, they may not go off without glitches, but they will be finished and enjoyable. I want to rid myself of negative thought, so if that means excusing myself from certain conversations or situations, so be it. I will not leave in six weeks with a bitter taste in my mouth. I will hold in my heart nothing but fondness, tinges of heaviness for loss, and excitement for the future. 

People are inherently good. I will always remember this. 

I thank You God(de) for most this amazing day...