A tranquility almost beyond belief.

Just thinking. I have a neatness. An orderliness. To my life. Yes, there's turmoil. Going on. Near me. Around me. I have troubled friends. And I'm aware of an angry world. Politically. Socially. Feuds. Wars. Conflagrations. Human tragedies. But I have found ways to live in relative isolation. On a lake. In Minnesota. Yes, in a neat and orderly manner. With my books. And my music. In peace. And calm. I have an Italian amore. A beloved cat, too. Add it all up. Makes me wonder. If I'm the luckiest man in the world. For having found neatness and orderliness. A tranquility almost beyond belief. --Jim Broede