Since Sky said it was okay for me to blow my horn, I'll go ahead and wet my whistle for the day.

SM - Have you ever seen the movie "When Angels Come to Town" with Peter Falk? There were some lines in there that made me think of what you just said - i.e., the joy of being human as opposed to being an angel and such joys as feeling sand between your toes, or even a hang-nail, lol. I thought it was a good movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438580/

....placing my trumpet back in it's case.