Life Is Good

I was watching CNN
showing a couple sifting through the charred remains of their house,
which had just been destroyed by one of the forest fires raging through the US.

They were looking for the wife's wedding ring
which she had inadvertently left behind
when they were evacuated due to the fire.

After a day of what appeared to be fruitless searching through rubble and ash,
the wedding ring was suddenly found and the woman exclaimed,
with a great smile on her face, and in genuine happiness,

while standing on the ashes of her home,

"Life is Good".

There is something wonderful about humanity - we Yahoos - which is expressed in that story.