Parking...

is such an adventurous activity in Madison, especially as one gets closer to the campus and Downtown area. Take my case for example; suffice it to say that, in less than two months, I was awarded two parking tickets, amounting, in their sum, to the exact amount I was planning on donating to the Madison Police Department for doing such a great job at keeping our streets safe -so there you have, isn't this universe of ours a perfect place, unless you insist on looking at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or any other tragedy that seems to be hovering over the heads of some of our keen and kind?

Often we forget, how small this world of ours, this grain in a black sea of unknowns we all happen to be stuck in, actually is. But, and like the wise teacher might have said, "Size doesn't matter." After all, when one thinks about this whole depressing business from a more optimistic vintage point, we are as large, mysterious and full of surprises, as the universe continues to be.

So small or large, let us rejoice. Let us remember those who suffer in what seems to be such distant locations it is often hard to relate to their pain. Let us pray for their happiness. Let us wish them as much as goodness as we wish ourselves and those we are blessed to feel true love for. Let us be One -at least in thought, at least feeling, if not in action.

Don't ask me why I'm writing this, it's just how I feel tonight. Now is now. Tomorrow, who knows?

Be well, be good, be naughty, be playful, be kind, be yourself.

So much to say, so much to do... What makes us dream? What makes us hope? I wonder.