afternoon epiphany

Today I sat out on the back lawn at school, cramming in the free hour before French 101. I had a head cold and no lunch.
But the sky was singularly blue, deep enough to drown in. A few full-bodied clouds sailed slowly over the mountains. They were dazzlingly white. I sat there on the short soft grass, and the sun was butter.
  And I had the first coherent thought I've had in a while:

Life could be worse. This isn't so bad.

I smiled a little, and my day was better after that.

{photo taken by me, a while ago, and very far from here}