The leaves did it.

One thing cancer has taught me is that life is very precious! Of course, our own lives are precious and so are the lives of the people we love. But, the world is also very beautiful and precious. For me, it increasingly seems well worth the effort to try to be in the moment and enjoy and appreciate the world around me. It would be tragic for anyone, with or without cancer, to realize this on their last day! Better to learn to see beauty and find joy sooner rather than later.
In that spirit I offer this observation; it's sort-of  'practice' for being more in the world.
On the way home from work today, the trees were beautiful. This fall has been a good one and today the yellow, orange, red and brown leaves were shimmering in the golden afternoon sunlight. It was that time of day, 3:30pm, when the light slants a bit and increases the depth of field. Looking all around at this beautiful stuff made me feel good and made me so much nicer to other drivers. There are perfectly good human beings encased in all that metal, glass and plastic! Maybe I managed to pass on my good mood in some way...

When I pulled off the hospital parking lot the other day, I had to pay full price for parking. That's a sure sign that things are getting back to normal for me. No more frequent flyer discount for parking! Yay (sort of)!