If one thinks life sucks, it does. If one thinks life is wonderful, it is. I have found life to be beautiful.

In 2005 I was living alone. I had a bedroom dedicated to Wicca, with all my tools and everything I needed to dedicate myself to the Lady and the Lord. That same year, I was diagnosed with cancer.

I went through all the chemo, radiation and surgery that one must go through. I wound up unable to live alone. I now live in a completely different city and in a household that does not share my beliefs.

However, I have a backyard garden where I am alone when I wish to be. I smoke my pipe and meditate. I contemplate such things as the fence around the perimeter of the property: How the molecular makeup by which it stands is by the hand of our Goddess and God.

I think about the fruit trees and roses that grow there and I watch the fruit and the leaves come and go. I see the roses open wide, then fade and die. I am reminded of the wonderful Wheel of the Year -- and I silently celebrate the sabbats in the glorious garden made possible again by the Lady and Lord of all.

In the morning I say the Invocation you will find on this site and at night I say the Benediction, also available on this site.  And all the time I realize that I have A Beautiful Life -- Praises be to my Goddess and God.

Blessed Be.

Alar.