You know that life is pretty great . . .

You know that life is pretty great . . . and this world is full of pretty great people . . . when you go to your mailbox and find a special package waiting there from a blogger friend. Yep, a friend you met online. A person who you have never met in person, and who you would probably walk past on a crowded street without recognizing. Yet it is someone who, because of this thing called the "internet", you've had opportunities to listen to, and have somehow connected with.

You know that life is pretty great when you can think about this perfect stranger and wonder, "Gees, if we lived closer, I would ask her to teach me about photography, and I would ask her to show me how she quilts (and perhaps talk her into showing me how she makes those really cool purses) and our kids would totally play together, and I bet our husbands would get along, and maybe I could actually do that "Couch to 5K" training thing with her, and maybe would have coffee every once in a while and we'd be friends."

You know that life is pretty great when this new blogger friend reads your posts during a particularly stressful rant and comments, "I have a great meditation CD to send to you," and days later, it arrives in the mail . . . all because she cared.

Yes, you know that life is pretty great
. . . when even in this great big world, someone extends a hand and is there for you and does something to show they care.

And you know that life is pretty great . . . and the world is full of pretty great people . . . when it is someone that you have never even met.

Thank you, Kiki, for my package! It arrived today. The card brought tears to my eyes . . . my sentiments exactly!

And for those of you who don't know Kiki . . . she's the Good Idea Girl, and you can check out more about her here.