'Life is good today, Life is good today'

Personally, there’s nothing like the crashing waves, the bubbling of a moving river or the pure solitude of a high mountain meadow to be able to reflect.

While many seek church, I’m sold on God’s creations in Mother Nature.

As those waves crashed night and day — and another spectacular, yet rare, sunset due to VOG, volcano-induced sulfur dioxide nasty air — it offered the perfect cocktail for serious thinking time.

Oh, that’s along with the fleeting thoughts of favorite song lyrics from those beach philosophers, Jimmy Buffet and Zac Brown.

It’s a milestone birth year for me, having reached Med...