So...I'm listening to NPR as I am eating my South Beach Diet Breakfast of eggs and meat for the upteenth time, and the lady on the radio is interviewing a paint contractor in Ohio. Seems business for him has really been bad the last couple of years and they were discussing what he has been doing to earn a living and survive. He says, "I have had a hobby and love of juggling so I decided to pursue that vocation on a more full time basis." He said he was not able to earn as much money as he did as a painting contractor but that he felt much more fulfilled with his life. She said, "oh, how is that so?" He replies, "it has allowed me to become more at one with my balls." She says without missing a beat, "oh, so you now have a feeling of serenity and completion?" He replies, in a voice you have to have heard to appreciate, "yes". To which I thought, Geeze, things have changed. I've had that feeling for the best part of my adult life and all I ever got for the philosophy was "critisicm and grief." Maybe, some good is coming from this dang recession.
Just another day in paradise.
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