So this morning, I meditated on this:

A good life is not a life without disappointment,

sorrow and pain,

it is a life in which we handle disappointment, sorrow,

and pain with grace.

A good life is not filled with argument,

but listening, not revenge, but compassion,

not endless noise, but sweet silence,

a good life runs machines, not submits to them,

a good life does not war against death,

or torture the elderly and the animals with

unwanted medicine,

but ends in affirmation and sweet goodbyes.

A good life is not just about me,

but you too.