When financial worries and my seemingly perpetual singleness are getting me down like they have on occasion lately, I try to be thankful for what I DO have. Well, screw that. After running across the following inspiring tidbits, I think I’m gonna have to ramp it up a bit and kick some ass. For starters, check out Aaron Fotheringham, an “extreme wheelchair athlete” who calls what he does “hardcore sitting”. Last time I checked, I was fully functional,  but I doubt I could pull off half the stunts he does, and the kid has Spinal Bifida! On a less extreme but still inspiring note, check out laid-off toy company executive Paul Nawrocki, who pounds the pavement in Manhattan wearing a suit and a sign in the hopes of finding work. As he puts it “When you’re out of work and you face having nothing — I mean, having no income — pride doesn’t mean anything”. Hope his shameless search pays off. And these teddy bear astronauts sparked something in me. As a kid, whenever I managed to get my hands on a helium balloon, I would attach a note in a film can asking whoever found it to write and tell me where it landed. The longest journey one of them made was two states away. Imagine how cool it was for those British kids to see photos of their balloon from the edge of space. Time to start chasing those dreams again…I always forget that thousands of things go right for me every day.