Yes, this week is kindness. (The 5th fruit of the Spirit) I had some great thoughts yesterday about how kindness is not always appreciated, and sometimes even persecuted, as we see in the life of Jesus and the Apostles. But I neglected to write them down, and they’re gone.

On a different note, birthdays are a funny thing. Sometimes you wake up excited, on top of the world, and everyone treats you as such. And other times (ie, today) you have a hard time rolling out of bed, your morning exercise is extremely difficult, and you get to work tired. I sure hope things improve. (I’m sure they will)

Today I’m looking forward to having lunch out, leaving work at 5:00 (not a minute later!), and sitting down to a dinner of Lasagna and devil’s food cake, followed by a nice lazy couple hours with my wife watching Smallville and NCIS. I’ll probably get a few phone calls right during the most exciting parts of those shows, but I won’t mind too much, since it means I’m being remembered. Yeah, today is definitely looking up.

What’s your idea of the perfectly relaxing birthday?