What keeps people moving forward?

     With the current state of the world, I find it very hard to relax. These days, whenever I pick up my flute to practice, I find that the tension constricts my abilities to play as well as I can. With my focus seemingly closer to the war, today being the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack, the economy in shambles, and so many people unemployed, I have to wonder what really keeps people going. For some it may be living in a state of oblivion, for others it may be confronting those problems and continually moving on. I have decided to start something different: a blog about anything that makes me happy or keeps me moving throughout the day. You can expect pictures, projects, lots of food, and some flat-out ridiculous things that just make you laugh! I do this in hopes of finding a state of total relaxation and bliss, and being able to tap into that in even the hardest of times. I'll start with a photograph, which reminds me of the beauty that still remains in this war-struck world.