Happiness Possibilties and Go Bears

Good Morning World!!!

It’s my 43rd birthday this Sunday.

While on my morning walk this past week, thinking about what to write today, the first thing to come to mind were words spoken by Meryl Streep in the Hours. She says to her daughter, “I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts and of course there will always be more. It never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then.”

WOW! There was so much truth in her words. I remember watching the movie at the movie theater and hoping that I could rewind and hear them again, exactly as she said them. I had to wait a few months before I could rent the movie, watch it, and rewind it. The words had made so much sense; they defined what I had wondered about happiness. Happiness wasn’t a thing nor a place to reach, but rather a state of being that exists at the moment(s) we are open.

If happiness equals possibility, what did possibility equal. How do I define it? The online dictionary says, “Able to be done; within the power or capacity of someone or something.”

I say possibility, like happiness, is a state of being that is OPEN to All of life; it means living from a place that is free and vulnerable! I wish I could come from that place every second of life.

And though I’ve been fortunate enough to experience this sense of possibility throughout my lifetime, it hasn’t always been there. Luckily, in the past couple of months, I’ve come to feel it again. It feels amazing and nostalgic. It reminds me of being in my 20’s when everything I dreamed of seemed possible.


For my birthday this weekend, I hope to not do much of anything; I want to leave it open to whatever may happen. I don’t want to plan anything specifically, except for the volleyball match tonight between the #1 ranked Cal Women’s Volleyball team versus #12 USC. For 20 years, I've followed the team religiously; it’s like I’ve been part of the team and they should retire a jersey in my honor. I’ve spent 20 years hoping that one day they would win a National Championship. Last year, they came oh-so-close before being defeated by 4-time Champs Penn State. Just a few weeks ago, they received their first ever #1 ranking! Woohoo! Go Bears!

The piece here is titled, “Happy Birthday.” It’s silly; it’s me! It’s in honor of my birth, my coming into this world with openness and wonder. Just looking at it again, makes me laugh.


As I go out into the world today, I realize that not every moment in life will be filled with a sense of possibility. Yet, I will keep it in prayer that we may all get to experience it more often that not.

Because what we imagine possible, is possible.

Cheers to us all!

A very special shout out to my 1 brother and 3 sisters who have been the best gifts in my life. I love you all.