Yesterday was a very simple, very good day. One of my favorite kinds of day.We were with close friends. The kind of friends you love and respect immensely and also who you can be entirely just you with. The best kind.Our plan was so simple it almost wasn’t a plan at all. To wander around a small town and … well, that was it. It was one of those days when nothing really happened and yet, a lot happened.Yesterday we explored a small town with friends with the top down in our Jeep and it reminded me of why I love a car whose top can come down.Yesterday I was amazed by a cactus garden. Which says a lot because I’m not a cactus person. And I’m still not a cactus person but experiencing this cactus garden was so weirdly unexpected that it has lodged itself in the front of my memory. Like if you visited the Grand Canyon and of course it was wondrous but just as you were leaving you saw a 10’ tall chicken standing by the side of the road and now, instead of the Grand Canyon, all you can think about is that chicken.Yesterday my friends and I decided to try out a Mexican restaurant we’d never been to before and ended up eating one of the most perfect Mexican meals any of us can remember. Can a margarita made with mangos and habeñero infused tequila give you new purpose in life on a summer afternoon? It just might.Yesterday I sat for a few minutes in a Japanese Garden and realized we could solve all the world’s problems if we could just get everyone on the planet to sit for a few minutes in a Japanese Garden.Yesterday I wandered through an antique shop and learned what a dough trough and bread keeper were used for in 1700’s France. I also came across an odd looking set of wooden trays whose purpose I just couldn’t wrangle out. Then I learned they were molds for making balloons. Which was awesome, but also made me realize I’ve come all this way in life without knowing how balloons get made. Right at that moment I felt my world get just a little bigger, and that made me smile.Yesterday we played a game of Spades using a waterproof deck of cards. Before this week I didn’t know there was such a thing as waterproof playing cards. It was fun, and also we won the game, so win win.Strange how a day filled with simple, seemingly inconsequential things, ended up feeling so full, so perfect, and so very meaningful. Or perhaps not so strange when you remember that all of life is just a moment—this moment … and this one … and this one.So take heart. Life can feel overwhelming but moments are rarely overwhelming, and in the end life is just this moment … and this one … and this one.Big plans or no plans I hope you can find some moments to enjoy today, and perhaps some friends to share them with. It’s a good thing. And it’s the best way I know how to build yourself a beautiful life.