Question meme

As someone who has always preferred to watch others put on displays rather than put them on myself, and who has depended a bit too much on anonymity for self-protection when no such thing is necessary, and who realizes that I have people on my friends list who don't really know anything about me but whose words I cherish reading, I've decided to put it out there: Ask me whatever you want and I will answer (or give a reason for not answering.....)

(update: to follow the meme more correctly, ask me any five questions you want, should you choose....)

Answer #1

bearringsd asked:

"I know you've been through a lot of things and you've seen a lot of things in your life in many areas. Can you tell me what thing or things fill you with a sense of beauty and wonder in the world? What re-establishes your sense of faith in the Universe?"

The main answer to the first question is:





I met Ernie in 2000, we committed to each other the next year, and he is the primary source of joy in my life.

I grew up near the water in So. Cal. and have always felt at my happiest near, in, or under the water ( pretty pictures: )

As far as my sense of faith in the universe, I have to admit that I don't have much these days. As every day goes by I see that humans, in general, are nasty creatures capable of incomprehensible (to me) evil and selfishness and greed. I feel very fortunate to live as I do, with the friends that I have, but have an ever-increasing fear that things are changing for the worse and will probably affect my life in a negative way.

In that context, I grab my joy when and where I can.