allowances and birthday gifts
sometimes resulted
in disappointing returns.
And my bank account
was dwindling fast.
Problem Number Four: Feeling Good
The biggest problem of all.
You know how riding real fast
in a car
or a spectacular takeoff
in a jet
gives you an awesome rush of adrenaline?
You know how spotting an eagle
cruising low over
the treetops,
or watching a baby finally master
the try-try-again
of walking makes you glow all over?
You know how singing a beautiful song
with dead-on pitch,
or getting every test answer right,
including the extra credit
brainteaser,
makes you feel like you could take on the world?
You know how waking up to perfect skies,
enough sunshine to warm you, not
enough to bake you,
or watching a silent fall of quarter-sized
snowflakes
gives you delicious shivers of pleasure?