If only...

I went to Capital Music last night and saw Josh Ritter play, (a must see for sure!) and as I watched his set I came to a realization, he must be one of the luckiest guys in the world. Not simply because he's very talented or could have had any woman in the place, but because when you watch his show and you see him preform that huge boyish smile never leaves his face. He is just so happy to be there doing what he loves and the look is just pure unadulterated joy. There is nothing else there. He is just happy. And I was thinking we should all be so fortunate. Not simply to be as talented as he is at something but to have that much love for whatever it is we want to do with our lives. Where ever life takes us or what ever our passion is if we pursue it with the kind of happiness and conviction that he and others like Steve Irwin have, it would probably make a whole lot of people a whole lot happier, and this would be a better place for it...by a long shot.