Things I try not to take for granted . . .

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It never occured to me how awesome the sunsets are in Sonoma, until Saturday evening when all my city friends ran outside to my deck in awe of the amazing sight, took pictures and immediately Tweeted about it. At one point we got this notion of how ridiculous it all was when someone said, "I'm going to take a picture of you all taking pictures."

I'm actually happy someone took pictures though because as amazing as it was to see live, it actually looks more surreal in a photograph. Yet another snap-shot to remind me of a certain moment in life.

The fact that I hardly ever step outside to see the sunset, or at least as often as I should, got me thinking of all the things I happen to take for granted.

I've always been too focused on the things I don't have; the things I want. And it's made me miserable. I've tried to mold my friendships, relationships, myself and things around this perfect image of what life should be. Instead of making things better, I just ended pissing off people and getting all depressed. 

It's good to want things and be ambitious, but sometimes it's better to just sit, turn your brain off for a bit and let all the things you have sink in. 

There's nothing like being around a great group of people and good conversation to get you back on the right track and the state of mind where you realize that spending some time looking at a sunset is pretty much what it's all about.