SMILE TODAY.

It's so close, yet so far away. I can feel it. It seems that just around the corner, is the life I have been working toward creating. I now believe that I can have said life. I can get a job I like,  that affords me how I want to live. I am able to have a girlfriend that I really like. I am allowed to smile. It's fine to laugh, actually it's great to laugh. It's cathartic. It helps to remind me that all I ever wanted is within my grasp. If I could do just one near perfect thing, I'd be happy. On second thought, I 'd rather hang around with my best friend, if she wants me. She should, but I don't know who she is just yet. What I know is, she's close. I can smell her lovely tendrils. It's a wonderful thing. It's a wonderful life.

The best part of all this, is that I am good with today. I am good without the job, the girl, or anything at all. I choose to be happy, just because, I really like to smile, and it's infectious. When is the last time I smiled at you without getting in back in return? Never. :)

THAT OLD PIRATE SMILE

Yesterday I was sitting on a patio with some friends just talking, laughing and of course, drinking. I saw a few birds fly in and post up on a bench just around the corner from where I was seated. From my vantage point I could see one pretty little red bird. I was stealing glances and such as the bird sat and laughed with her friends. Then I saw it. That dang ol pirate smile. You know the one. The grin is from ear to ear, stretched across her bonny face, with her pearly whites glistening in the afternoon sun.  This is when I knew I had to drop the only line in the world that ever works,  "Hi, what's your name?"

Through the next hour or two we sat and chatted. Not just us, but mostly. I was trying to get to know this charming little bird. After awhile I was noticing that she seemed a little tipsy. Then she said something to the effect of, "shit , I'm drunk." I reassured her that was fine by me, and she needn't worry about that at all. The fantastic thing that I noticed while speaking to her was that I could feel her energy oozing through her ginormous grin. It is a soft and  brilliantly colored energy. It spoke to me. Her eyes were light and pretty as we looked into each other to see what was there.

Then I discovered that even though we were a long way from home, that we were neighbors. She lives right across the street! She asked for my number. I am going to help her with her painting or something very soon. At least that is what we spoke of via txt just this afternoon…