Wow, I am deeply touched. I am so glad that you enjoyed the story. Quite often I find myself bogged down in dealing with the vicissitudes of life but when I think back to that year I ‘ruled the world’ I remember that life is for living — not for stressing out over. Writing the story was very helpful to me and inspiring. Having experienced joy, we can remember that joy and then the stresses we are currently mired in loosen up and are more easily dissipated. I try to FEEL the joy I experienced then and that helps to awaken joy within me in the present. Now if only I could FEEL it all day, every day. I’m working on it.