While my Blackberry camera does not do these scenes justice, the *official* San Francisco Christmas tree in front of Macy’s in Union Square is beautiful as always. I visited my therapist this evening and after my session plugged my iPod into my ears and walked around downtown San Francisco for about 45 minutes.
There is a beauty to great music drowning out the sound of panhandlers and Minnesotan tourists while I took in the kittens and puppies in Macy’s windows, the ice rink right on Union Square (I hadn’t seen it before) and the lights of the tree. It was one of those few moments every day where I was truly alone to contemplate everything going on in my life – 2008 has been a horrific year for me but I am grateful I am ending it happier than when I entered it.
I am sure that 2009 will be better. I have a lot to be grateful for and it took a dreadful year for me to realize it. And, I know I won’t be drinking and driving ever again. Lesson learned.
I hope you have a chance to walk and think by yourself as you take in the holiday sights. It does a person good.
Over and out.
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