The “new normal”, that we are all enjoying right now, makes me reflect more on where I’ve come from, where I am, and where I’m headed with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The past nine months felt a little bit like being reborn, and a very familiar feeling for that matter – I’ve been reborn at least once before, in 2006.

I had to leave my home, my job, many of my friends, things that I’d grown attached to, and habits that I’d formed once again – all that just to go back to live in the same house that I left over fourty years ago, hoping to become an even better person, hoping to build an even better life, and helping others along the way.

As I laid in my bed one night, just before falling asleep, this image of my younger self popped into my mind: my head had been in the exact same place – just my feet were pointing South back then, while they are pointing East now.

So, you tell me, has anything even changed while I was busy changing myself and the circumstances?

Life is good

Our liberties will hopefully return some day

Happiness is the one thing we personally control