A Funny Thing Happend On My Way to Work Today

A funny thing happened to me on the way to work this morning. On my usual driving route is a small coffee shop, where every now and then I stop for juice and a bagel before I hit the highway. This morning, I discovered that my usual parking space was gone. Well, it wasn't really gone, but it was overgrown: a fresh patch of green grass was in the spot that usually belongs to my Toyota!

A local group of community activists were celebrating "Parking Day." They had reclaimed my parking space and turned it into a public park by planting grass (and inviting people to sunbathe on it!), and making music in their new community space. This was no small accomplishment, and it was all legit. They had a permit and everything!



Now, these folks were not martial artists, but they certainly showed their warrior spirit and a penchant for taking action, their environmental awareness and compassion, and a willingness to engage the community about important issues.

And they were having FUN.

Now these people are Artists of Life!