And so every morning, every night, I make this promise to me:

I will not live in fear.

I will not be a hollow man.

I will not live a small life,

taking my tests, checking my bank account,

talking about my health,

complaining about my life.

A man sat in a chair the other,

complaining about his life,

and “ain’t it a bitch growing older,”

he said, and I said,

no, I love my life every day,

and promise to live it in gratitude and

appreciation and love.