Ojalá

New Orleans, LA

Big change is about to happen. Good change. I've been talking about it with friends I've seen in person. Yesterday someone asked me, "Why are you saying 'if' and 'maybe' about this? Is there some problem?"

There's no problem. The only issue is that I don't have any certainty about anything. One minute someone is alive, the next minute he is not. One minute your home town is dry, the next minute water is pouring over the levee. Life changes in an instant, for the better or for the worse. Nothing can be taken for granted. Tomorrow cannot be counted on to be the same as today.

And that's okay.