Tonight as I finished my session, the clouds were bright crimson and pink with twilight waning. This was good. I walked down to the Catawba in the dark and plopped my boat in the water. Taking off my helmet, the breeze was actually cool, a welcome change from the heat wave we have been locked into recently. Taking a moment, I simply enjoyed the sensation of evaporation, the prickly and slightly cool feeling on my head. This also, was good.

Paddling across the Catawba, having been working on flow and smoothness for the last couple of days, it was easy to recruit and engage the glide of the boat. Paddling felt very smooth and efficient. About halfway across, the moon emerged from over the trees and bathed the world in a pale glow. The world was bathed in the pale, soft moonlight glistening off the water. This too, was good.

Starting my drive home with the windows down and the radio turned off, truthfully enjoying the simple solitude, I was reading a friend's email on my phone. She was a little bit down, overwhelmed by life. I felt for her, and hoped she had, at the very least, had the opportunity to experience and enjoy the simple thing as I just had.

I hoped she were able to slip into the moment, to be in a place were there is, if only for a fleeting moment, no past and no future, only the present with a wonderful simple thing to enjoy. After all, the simple things, these are what make life worth living.