I love saying stuff like "so I was in Vegas the other day…".  Sounds so Rat Pack, so Entourage, so The Hangover.  And I was actually in Vegas the other day, after a couple of friends of mine, plus one dog, piled into my car and decided to drive to Joshua Tree, which looks like this:

After taking in all the natural wonders for about, oh, 20 minutes, out came the iphones, and it was determined–thanks to Google maps–that the scenic view to The City of Sin would require a breezy four hour detour.  What the heck!  It was a holiday weekend!  One of my friends was visiting from the East Coast for God’s sake!! MICHAEL JACKSON HAD JUST DIED!!!  The whole moment reeked of "if not now, WHEN?"  Frankly I was quite impressed with us, considering you don’t always get three people over 35, plus one Husky mix, in 100 degree weather,  brimming with such spontaneity and joie de vivre.

And why not? Vegas is a very spiritual place.  You heard me.  I mean, if we stretch the definition of "spiritual" to "containing human faith".  Vegas is full of faith.  Faith in the next hand.  The next hooker.  The next roll of the die.  Just watching a woman sitting, hypnotized, at a slot machine is a portrait in faith: pulling, pulling… hoping… pulling, pulling… trusting… pulling, pulling… knowing that the magical religion of numbers will smile on her because she has been patient and waited.  She has faith in God of The Odds.  Maybe she will finally be granted a purse like this: or stay in a hotel with a ceiling like this:

There’s so much faith in Vegas that, if we were to harness it and use it for good… who knows what we could do!  We are just humans, and every day we commit our energy in certain directions.  We can build things or destroy things.  We can love people or hate them.  We can eat a Twinkie or some kickass miso soup.  Don’t get me wrong: I make less-than-stellar choices all the time… but maybe it’s time to consider how we leave our personal Las Vegas. 

Eat whole grains.  Chew them well.  Get stupid happy.  Hip Chick Audiobook available here.

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