Throw away the past. You can’t change it. Don’t worry about the future. It is a waste of your present state. Turn off TV, computers, tablets and phone and just sit quietly and observe. Here is what I experienced this morning:

As I sit in the chicken pen with my hens nesting all over me showering me with peeps and love pecks, I notice two beautiful cardinals observing us from the peach tree next to the pen. I hear knocking and look up to see there are two woody woodpeckers pounding the top of a dead tree, their red heads bobbing up and down like corks on water. I hear a ruffling of feathers off to the left. It is our peacock who is on the roof, proudly displaying his half moon array of feathers in all shades of turquoise and electric blue. I notice three small animals run past in a blur. Two weenie dogs and a tuxedo cat chasing a squirrel. Off in the near distance, on the front porch, I hear our two big dogs having their morning chat that sounds like scooby doo and his sidekick. From the studio I hear the sounds of drumming, keyboards and singing. Where am I? Why, in the present, of course. The happiest place on earth!!