Although I am one who manages stress pretty well, I might say, there are moments where I need to stop all things and simply sit in my garden and reflect.

That’s what I did last night, while experiencing an unusual heatwave for June in San Francisco. At seven-thirty in the evening I pulled a recline from the garage and went down to my garden and sat among the colorful plants and I watched the birds, the bees and the butterflies feast among the lavender for hours. And then I heard a fluttering near my ear, and I turned my head slowly and shifted my eyes to see the most beautiful of hummingbird simply inches away from me, and I said hello…

For my life, if only for a few hours, felt peaceful and complete.