This is taking much longer than I thought.
Thanks, Obama!
I still have determination, though, and that will get me to at least 700. Everything after that will probably be about the variety of farts and boogers that once dwelled inside my body, but have since been set free into the world.
It should come as no surprise that it's taken longer than anticipated to crank out three installments considering that it takes me 10 minutes to share a 90-second verbal anecdote.
Anyway...
The idea came from this site, and if I haven't said it already, the motivation in taking this on centers on increased mindfulness, the notion that -- as my wife said today -- "things are pretty good."
I'd like to remember that much more often than I do, and if you've chosen to join me on this journey, I hope that things are pretty good for you, too.
Nine Hundred Fifty: John Lennon
I never met
the man, and I won’t even try to speak to what kind of man he was, but from where I sit, it looks like he was a
pretty righteous dude. I also don’t want to over-credit him for The Beatles’ success,
but it seemed like a lot of the musical things he touched turned to gold. I
don’t know the things that went on in John Lennon’s head. I don’t have a finger
on everything he stood for, but from over here it appears that he had a pretty
good idea of the way the world ought to operate. Caveat: I’m a giant hippie, so
you have to take my opinion with a whole box of kosher salt. It’s interesting
to think about whether the world would be any different were he still alive and
a bit sad when you consider that -- based on what he symbolized -- it’s not.
Anyway, I’m thankful he was around for 40 years. We could use another guy like
that.
