Life isn’t worth living unless you’re willing to take some big chances and go for broke

   So I hear. Today was an average day: certainly not bad, but not one I'll remember in a week. Tonight, however, I will probably remember for a long time to come - not because it was particularly fantastic or terrible, but because it was ordinary.
   I've been dealing with a lot of issues lately and have been, really, for...well, most of my life. Tonight, I went out for coffee with Jill, a youth leader at my church. We spent about a couple hours or so just talking and, while we didn't technically "solve any problems," it might have been the first time that I ever really just sat down and had a really frank conversation with someone about my problems.  I got a little good advice and whole lot of assurance that some people do, in fact, care. And that's really about as good a start as one can ever have on a journey of self-rediscovery.
   I'm sure many of you are thinking, "yeah, you had a talk about your problems; big deal!"  And I can understand that.  But I've never had that, so it was really special.  "Ordinary" is actually quite extraordinary to me. That's why I'll remember it.
   So that's been my day in a nutshell.
   Bonem noctem!