Flashes of Grace

Current mood:thankful

As I have been using this medium for a little while, I am so very glad to have met the friends I have made. I have been able to reconnect with a few old friends, some family members, and have made some absolutely outstanding, enlightning, and beautiful "friends" along the way. I call these "Flashes of Grace".

In a journey, we have no clue of where we might go and we can turn around and see where we have been. We have an idea of where we would like to go in life and can plan to get there, but nothing really more than that. Even the best laid plans can fail us. (if you think you've reached the end of the journey and have all you ever dreamed, you might want to check your pulse, because your DEAD!) In understanding this, we need to remember a smile can gleam the treasures we have left to mark where we have been, and a callous word or deed can reveal to us the destruction we have left in our wake. But what about taking that step forward?

How is that revealed to us?

Through "Flashes of Grace".

We literally see what is in front of us, but fortune telling is a bit beyond most of our reach. (As someone who has never met someone who could, I'm a bit skeptical but for this moment, I'll defer to the unknown.) We sometimes find ourselves metaphorically "walking in the dark", and then suddenly a "flash" happens. Like a strike of lightning in the middle of the night. It sends the whole road awash in bright light. It illuminates the road and allows us long enough to find a bearing. A moment of strength to take a step forward. Even if its just a small step, because the next step will follow soon.....and another and another until the difference of the sunrise makes it easier to touch the day, and there, standing in the road with you, are those that made things possible for you to take steps. To share that day with you.

Those wonderful "Flashes of Grace".

I cherish mine, as should all who recognize their own, and any new ones who might appear and grace my life..