Was Welcomed Back With Music And Lightning Bugs

Sometimes I forget just how wonderful the world can be and then a day like today comes along and reminds me just how beautiful life is. It took me almost three hours after I got off the plane to get through immigration, customs and catch the subway to my hostel. So I ended up getting there around 6pm or so and figured I'd be tired pretty soon as my internal clock was at about 10:30pm already. I figured I'd go out for a walk to get myself good and tired and went up to Central Park. I was walking around and I guess just happened to walk by all the super friendly people which is always a good thing in my book. Then I passed by the Bandstall and a concert was set up to start in 15 minutes so I stayed for that and it was lovely. As I was walking by to the hostel afterwards I saw a bunch of lightning bugs and it reminded me of a summer I spent building houses in Appalachia and summers spent in Illinois with cousins, both of which are very good memories for me. I actually teared up a bit as I was walking around because I was just so happy and everything was so wonderful, in it's most fundamental sense.