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Sunlight and Supermoon

It's amazing what the sunlight does to the cold.

And it's unbelievable how dark it gets at night--thank all that's good for the moonlight. And this full moon is closser and brighter. We need that metaphor to take us through this dark age.

I think we're all affected by the winter of discontent. And we are also affected by these dark days in Libya and Egypt: northern Africa. We're still coming out of a recession. We still have the bank issue--it's just been crisis averted for now. If we're awake and alert, we're all scared straight (pardon the awful pun).

So how do we believe in anything, even as the earth's tilt into spring, and the budding of flowers tell us that the seasons are somewhat intact?

I'm still gratefully naive enough to continue to believe in the sun. It still rises every day. We still tilt closer to it after winter and warm. The moon still shines brightly in the dark night.

Though tsunamis destroy thousands of lives, and crazy people destroy nations and their careers, we must still believe. We must still day by day, continue to create worthwhile careers. And on weekends, as I do now with Glee, we must rest.

There is something bigger than all of this in charge and believing is doing our part.

That's my take on living well today.

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