It's that time again—when I look back on the past year and try to make sense of the events that filled it.
For me it has been a truly shyte year. And I mean shyte of a magnitude that I hope never to see again.
Now though, I'm slowly getting my mojo back and all kinds of new perspectives are opening up once more. I hope to live smarter and leaner as a result, and even more acutely aware of just how precious our time here really is.
I was looking through the pictures in my camera and found the one below. I took it when I was convalescing at a small cottage high in the Dolomite Mountains of northern Italy earlier this year. When I took that photo I had no clear idea how things were going to turn out. Now, it seems I'm on the mend, and there is much optimism in the air.
In the photo of course are my lovely wife and my great friend Jack the Schnauzer. Let me tell you right here and now that with the love of a good woman anything and everything on this earth is possible. And laugh if you will—but Jack has taught me at least as much about approaching the vicissitudes of life with grace and style and equanimity as all of the Buddhist texts in my library.
I also very much want to thank a whole bunch of you on this board for your great kindness and support this past year.
Peace and goodwill to each and every one of you this holiday season!
