As we reveled in the gorgeous scenery and drank in the fresh breeze this morning, Anne and I were taken aback at how lucky we are to be here. With all the random bad things that happen to so many good people, we worry that we don’t deserve all the beauty around us and there’s no reason to believe our luck shouldn’t turn. It’s funny how thoughts like that conspire to stain the good things that come to us in this life. “For no thought is contented.  The better sort, As thoughts of things divine, are intermix’d With scruples, and do set the word itself Against the word …” (Shakespeare, Richard II).

This is no doubt why Jesus advised us not to dwell on our anxieties. We will do our best not to ruin things, to be properly appreciative, to create more beautiful things when we can, and to share the joy! And when bad things come, as they must, we will try to remember that that’s not all there is.