I
have a beautiful, loving wife, the best present of all.
I
have 3 wonderfully talented and intelligent friends that I used to call my
children,
the second best present of all.
I
have 7 extraordinary grandchildren that make me smile whenever I think of them.
I
have fun and thoughtful sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews, sons-in-law and a future daughter-in-law that mean the world to me.
I
have my health.
I
have truly good friends that I love to spend time with.
I
have a beautiful house in Florida on a fantastic golf course that I enjoy every
single day.
I
can wake up to the Florida sunshine everyday and have it fill me with joy and
warmth.
I
can empty my mind when I want and think about nothing at all.
I
can do or not do anything I want in the course of a day.
I
can eat all the pizza I want any day that I want to.
I
know that I have made the effort in my life and accepted the outcome win or
lose.
I
think it’s better to give my opponent a 3 foot putt than to think about giving
him the putt, not give it to him and then watch him miss it.
I
can sleep until I can’t sleep anymore and I can go to bed when I feel like it.
I
can skip dinner and instead go out for a hot fudge sundae whenever the mood
strikes me.
I
can play or practice golf everyday.
I
can try and continue to live my life by Coach John Wooden’s philosophy that
“things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”
I
can fix enough things around the house that I feel like I’m almost handy.
I
don’t have to cut the grass or trim the shrubs anymore.
I
can go in the pool less than one hour after eating lunch and not get cramps and
drown.
I
can sit on my lanai and watch the clouds go by for hours.
I
can read good books.
I
can make and get phone calls to and from good friends and family and talk and
laugh for hours.
I
can tell God each day how grateful I am for all these things.
