Good morning. I'm going to post a definition of Love that hold as a belief, I got it from Ian Chenowith of Positive Christianity; he got it from someone else:LOVE is the Excitement of the DESIRE for the WELFARE of the OBJECT. It's a good way to express the love I have for my FRIENDS.My wife and son have already left for work and school; there are currently 5 deer eating the chicken 'scratch' we put out for them and the seven chickens we have. I can hear a 'cardinal' in the background, as the door next to the computer is open. One of the two roosters is crowing just outside. The sun is coming up over the hill as I write this. Perspective and viewpoint of mind are clearly valuable tools for directing the mind away from it's addictions to negativity. The ability to stop fretting, and be Grateful (or is it Great-full) helps. Not everyone appreciates solitude; some need the noise and the hustle & bustle. Been there, done that; I grew up in Houston, Texas with 4 million of my 'closest friends'. It takes 1 hour, driving on Interstate 10, to drive from the western city-limits to the eastern city-limits...that's a little too big and too crowded for me. I never had a job in Houston that it didn't take me an HOUR to get to work or an hour to get home. Now I live in the countryside, in a valley, part of and old 1,000 acre ranch, with hills on three sides. The town of Blanco has a listed population of less than 2,000 people. When I drive the 20 minute drive into town, occasionally I will pass ONE other car or truck; if the trafic is heavy, maybe five. It's a two lane county road. This is what I wake up to every morning. The life I had down on 'the Ranch' in the valley would suggest this is living in the hustle and bustle world, with heavy traffic...'The Ranch' was desolate, the closest trafic light was 45 minutes away in any direction. Once, while leaving 'the Ranch', around sunset, driving on the limestone (caliche) road, a friend and I drove up on a cougar as it sat in the road. We were told there were 5 of them somewhere on the 29,000 acre spread. There was once a 'havelina' pig hanging around the back of the trailer I was living in, walking through the mesquite trees and cactus. Sometimes you'd see a whole family, or herd, of havelina crossing the road; you'd have to dodge deer crossing the road in the morning driving to the jobsite. I barely missed hitting a bobcat one morning. Early in the morning and late in the evening the coyotes would 'sing', not just one or two, packs of them, calling back and forth across the ranch, sometimes within a few hundred yards of our work 'camp'. It was FLAT down there, the sunrises were SPECTACULAR! There was a camp 'cat' named 'Trash Can' that I befriended, when I left the ranch...I took him with me; he lives with us now. Actually gets along (finally) with our boxer-looking dog "BB" (Bozo-Butt) who is as loving and happy a dog as you could want.I'll add more, later, in a different vein. I'll try to make it interesting!