It was three years ago that I had decided to move into this house!

To a house right smack in the middle of a city.

Granted it was what I had wanted - - On top of a hill and in a good neighborhood!

But still in the middle of the city?

I love the country, hills and mountains!

My few close friends thought I had gone nuts!

They definitely had their opinions, of which they were very vocal with!

But I figured for the price that I could get the house for, that I could easily sell it again, if I chose to do so.

My friends were not so assured of this fact as I was!

I had told them that I wondered why the low asking price?

Well "Duh!", my friends informed me.

There are a lot of drawbacks to the house!

Well, okay! What are they? I asked them, of which they did not hesitate to begin to tell me of them - - Well for one thing, the house is across the street from a school, which means a lot of noise and traffic during the day!

So the next morning I took a walk, just before the beginning of the school day.

When the school yard was full of kids waiting to go inside, noise???

Defiantly not!!! What I heard were a lot of young people, full of life and vigor.

It made me remember, how it felt to be young again!

I would have three hundred young neighbors, whom are committed to learning, drawing, music, writing, reading, math, history and science!

Then I see the teachers who come early and then leave late, committing themselves to making these kids be the best that they can become!

My friends were not impressed with my observations?

They informed me....

There is also a public library and a city pool, just caddy-cornered from this house!

Just think of the extra traffic, my friends moaned!

Hmmm, thousands of books to choose from on those long cold, winter nights to curl up in a nice warm blanket in my chair with and during the summer?

Well, hey! What’s wrong with sitting out on the front deck and watching the young people enjoy themselves talking, swimming and having fun?

Well after three years here now, I have learned a few things.....

"We say that the young have much to learn!"

But I find they have much to teach and they know much more then they let on! They also know and do things of which are either unfamiliar to myself or have been forgotten by time and age! So I am pleased to learn from them, when I can!

Their vim and vigor rubs off on myself and helps to keep me younger then I would be without them!

I can sit on my back deck and watch an baseball or football games, that are ten times more exciting and fun to watch then any pro teams are!

So I say, who could ask for better neighbors then this?

The last but not least of all is that I have discovered that this house is.....

"Priceless"