Four days ago!?!  Where have I been?  Well, on jury duty, actually–the cornerstone (so many say) of democracy.  The power of the people to choose–and fabricate the facts.  From one attorney’s well painted side of the story to the other attorney’s fascinating and diverse depiction, five people connect the dots and declare the “truth” of the matter.  And so it goes.

All this reinforces the human life as a layers of stories upon stories upon stories.  The political race–from generations of family anecdotes, public relations slant, media rancor, Saturday Night Live comic bites to the next so-called leader of the so-called free world?  HysTERical!

In the core of the spirit inside me is a chant: I chose life is good.  I chose life is good.  Today is a day that from all perspectives, every viewpoint–whether I see it or not–I chose that life is good.  That’s my story, and I’m sticking with it.