Continuing with my last post about time travel. What moments in time would you want to go back and re-live? Not to change it but to live it again exactly the way it happened but bringing a greater awareness to capture the beauty and wonder of the moment. For me, my goodness, truly, I am blessed to say that there are just SOOOOO many moments. I dont mean to boast but, there are a lot! The moment I met my first best friend in kindergarten; Stan Hoffman. That was a wonderful moment! The moment, a few years later when my family was moving away and, in tears, Stan said to me, remember, we were both in 5th grade at the time, I really love you, Brian. Youve been the best friend ever. Im really going to miss you. OOOOHHHH how sweet is THAT? The moment when I was in 7th grade and was tutoring a guy in 5th grade who was really struggling with math. I found myself reminding him, whispering to him over and over, I know youre smart. You can do this. I know you can do it. Then, one day he came running to me like he had just won the lottery - clutching a math test in his hand - 100% A+ Great Work written in red ink across the top. The moment when I told my best friend in high school that I loved him and that, if that was a problem for him, well, he might as well get used to it cause I wasnt going to pretend like I didnt. Then I sat there for what seemed like an eternity as he pondered what I had just said to him. I had no idea if he was going to punch me or hug me. Finally he turned and said, Well, this is strange for me but, the truth is, I love you too. I guess its not all that bad to say that every so often. and then he looked up and gave me that killer smile! The moment when I was out on my own, really struggling to make ends meet and I met a lovely Grandmotherly type woman working the buffet line at the local Country Buffet. She could see that I didnt have much money and was trying to decide how to make this all work. Child, when was the last time you had a good meal? I confessed it had been quite some time. Without a word she fixed up a HUGE plate of food. Meat, vegetables, all sorts of good stuff. Now, you go sit down and enjoy this meal and dont you worry none. Its all taken care of. I ate the meal and as I was getting ready to leave she called me over, Now, you listen to me good. You make sure you get over here at least once a week. I always work the Sunday afternoon shift. If you dont have the money, dont you worry. You just come and eat. Now, promise me! I took her up on that generous offer probably 4 or 5 times. The moment when a young man in the Teen Church looked at me and said, You really DO love me, and everyone else here, dont you!? Yes! I do! And he sat there and just wept. Then he said, oh so softly and sweetly, Thank you. A few years later as young folks were acknowledging me as I was about to move on and turn a page, a young man got up, obviously with no idea what he was going to say, and simply stood there and cried, his heart bursting forth. All he got out was, I love you. Ill always love you. It goes on and on and on and on. I know, deep down in my bones, that as I pass from this world, all of these moments will gather around me and be the light and warmth that will cradle me. The wonder and glory of all of it is that these things have occurred through very little work on my own. I am deeply blessed to have beautiful people around me. And there is such a glorious group of people around me now. Its simply amazing. I truly hope that each of you reading this have some sense of the same experience in your world. And, if not, well - all I can say is that its very likely not something you have to acquire to experience these sorts of things - its likely the letting go of something, or several some things, so that you can let in all of these kinds of things in. I pray that you have the courage, tenderness, and strength to accomplish this for yourself.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:09:52 +0000
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