MOMENTS

So much of life passes by unexceptionally: step out of the shower, answer the phone, make a cup of coffee... but there are moments--, a passionate kiss with the one you love, looking out the window and seeing the glorious sunset permeating the heavens-- when the sun seems a little warmer, the stars a little closer. Senses are heightened, emotions overlapping, and somehow you go to bed a slightly different person than you had been that morning. A subtle yet fundamental shift of an integral part of your identity. Something unnamable giving way, coming apart... a whisper, a barely discernable rustle as silent as a silk scarf falling onto the blade of a sword. Moments of faith, hope, fear and most especially love-- these make up a person. Not money or power or status, but a few precious, priceless moments strung together over the course of a lifetime to hold back the darkness, a luminous gingerbread path to remind you of where you are on the road of life whenever you pause to look over your shoulder, and a constant guide as you look forward to the rest of the journey that awaits you in this life.