Man is more than capable of beauty, for whatever reasons, ugly has become the new beauty. Perhaps because people respond, automatically, to beauty, to life, to freedom, and the list goes on.

My life has had its assortment of changes, both up and down, at least economically, as well as emotionally. Yet, at bottom, center, the basics, this world is wonderful, man can be a mess, but the world is wonderful.

The kindnesses of strangers and flight of a bird are each amazing bits of grace. It is all around us, if we can but perceive.

I have known enough people and seen enough circumstances, that I do not condemn anyone for the manner in which they make a buck, so long as force or harm are not involved. It's not quite getting by, by getting high, on women/men, words and rhyme, but there are worse ways also, helps to remember that.