Today I feel liberated. A workday and I'm not working. Even better, I have pried myself from computer and tv for the beach.

• Walking on sand for the first time in ages, feet in cold ocean water ditto.

• Absorbing the sight and sound of waves -- waves breaking, washing up on the shore and quietly disappearing in ribbons of foam.
  

• Feeling a noonday sun even in my secluded nook among the jagged breakwater rocks.
  

• Watching all manner of people stroll by and hearing snatches of their conversations.

• The human sounds punctuated by the rush of jetliners winging out over the ocean.

• I always wonder where they're going and often wish I were going too.

But not today, where the only thing missing is a sensually-attuned man to share the sensations, to whisper, touch, kiss, entwine.

Yes, I've been on my happiness quest for a while now. Happiness meaning still cognizant of the dysfunctionalities of the world and contributing what I can toward solutions but also remaining aware of all the amazing possibilities. Happiness meaning comfortable in my own skin and with my own instincts, feelings, urges. In short, I'm pleased to be me. And that's been a long time coming.

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Positively, Carolan