accomplishment

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. – Malcolm Forbes

Comedy clubs prosper all over the country but their profits soar during tough economic times. Norman Cousins wrote a book about how he overcame Cancer by watching movies that made him laugh. Gallows humor is legendary for dealing with awful situations and most of us can recall how we dealt with the horrific effects of 9/11 by daring to laugh again.

By the side of the rock road, at the bottom of a grassy hill, stands a gnarled, lonely-looking tree. It is a Cottonwood; no doubt it was glorious in its prime. Glorious is not a good word to describe its state now. A better way to speak about this ancient tree is to say that it has weathered many of lifes storms. Some were weathered well. Others? Not so much.