Beauty All Around

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Do you ever watch the show Mike & Molly?

We catch it from time and time and there are two folks on there who really make me laugh...Molly's mother's boyfriend (who's from Buffalo by the way) and Mike's mother...who is so angry and mean that you just have to laugh at her.

Mike's mother hates life!

She doesn't like people!!

She's mean!!!


And in a short span on Friday morning I thought of the negative vibe that we all put off on some days.

I was in a discussion about how 'angry' I appeared to be for pooping on the latest football hero to come to town...

...when I received a message from my beautiful sister-in-law Lynn...

...who sent me that photo and mentioned the beauty in life.

Sometimes we miss the beautiful things, don't we, folks?

I'm guilty of it.

There are days when I'm rode hard and put away wet (as my buddy Fluffy's favorite expression goes) and I end up sounding a lot like Mike's Mom.

Bitter.

Mean.

"Why can't you smile more?" I've heard a few times.

Well, cause I miss the beauty, I guess.

But the thing is that there are days when we don't spread the sunshine.

Yet I cherish so many things.

This week coming up is going to be a challenge work-wise as I will be speaking to audiences, for a lot of hours, every single day. The presentations are all across the state.

But...

...my terrific brother-in-law Charles is buying me dinner because he can't pick football games

And

...My beautiful wife will be celebrating her birthday...

And

...and the college basketball NCAA Tourney begins.

And

...and we are drafting our fantasy baseball teams.

So there will be hours and hours of excited boys around here.

And I will cherish every second of that...and I will spend hour after hour adoring my wonderful family.

Does it matter that I do it with a scowl?

Recognize the beauty all around!

The perfect sky after months of miserable weather.

That's life...

...in a nutshell, right?

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