It is Sunday, and my story today will be on how blessed I am.  Not really spiritually, but just the reality of how I became what I am today.  Then again, maybe there was an occasional divine intervention.  Either that or pure luck, again and again. As I reflect on my past, my major goal has been achieved.  I lived into the Year 2020, which means I am 80 years old.  Alas, the pandemic made it a disappointing year.  Yet, relatively, I did well.   2020 began with a trip to  Thailand last February when it was #2 to China in COVID-19 ( although that term only became official when I was on that trip ).   Today, Thailand is #113 in total number of cases.   With a population fifty times larger than Hawaii, the number of these coronavirus infections is just about the same at 30,500.   And, by the way, the USA is not looking good at all, with 66,780 new cases yesterday.   India jumped to 152,682 new cases yesterday, which means something terrible is beginning to happen. The Philippines is now i