I was walking Loca briskly through the park this morning, thinking about a few things like T’s past two afternoon walks with Loca where she encountered raging dog owners shouting profanity at their dog or our dog or what have you. Then I was thinking how City Park is considered the fifth largest park in the nation and guess what, one of the safest. About the time when all these thoughts were swarming through my mind, I got to the latest art installation at the bend of City Park to Marconi where Shannon Lansing Hanson has erected a mosaic archway with all sorts of figurines and beautiful tiles and there was the mayor of the hood so I stopped to chat. Along comes this guy who is all smiles and radiating joie de vivre and after he leaves the mayor tells me that he is always like that – just shining from the inside out.
Got to love these people because they are the ones that put a smile on your face. So when we parted, we both agreed to release our inner Doug for the rest of the day so that we could take a little of the shine within us and throw it out to everyone we encountered.