Poetic Existence

Happy Birthday to my favorite lady, Maya Angelou, who lives her life in what she considers a "poetic existence" - "That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work" - and she has and she does. For all that she has endured in her life with a joie de vivre light about her, I am sure she is celebrating her special day today with both the innocence of a child and the wisdom of a woman who has lived her life well just as she celebrates every day of her blessed life. What would I do without her inspiring words.