wild card: a thoughtful thought.

around this time last year, a friend and i went on a little trip up a canyon near where i live. we lit a fire and roasted hot dogs and had a fantastic time.  it was an awesome night, and one that i'll remember for a long, long time.  as i was lugging a cord of wood from his car to our campsite, which was about a hundred million miles away, a thought occurred to me.  since then, this thought has popped up again and again, usually when i'm having a crappy day and nothing seems to be going right.

with more than six and a half billion people living on the earth right now, chances are good that at this moment-- this one you're in right now as you're reading this-- at least one of those people is having one of the happiest moments of their lives. not just a good moment, but a perfect moment-- something deep and warm and glowing that they will never ever forget.

isn't that a beautiful thought?  someone is absolutely radiating happiness right this very second.  and if i stop and think about it, i can share in that happiness.  i can be happy just because they are happy.  and maybe when my perfect moment comes, someone else out there in this big crazy world might catch a bit of it and smile for no particular reason.