With all the imagery on Facebook, the interwebs, our televisions, etc I have found myself rarely struck heavily by much. But it happened today. It was this:  

When I saw it, someone instantly came to mind. And it’s the rawest spot inside me. But I felt the pain in my chest, I stopped breathing a second, and tiny bits of water came to the cornea. Because it’s true. Though all too brief, truth. Amazing what the truth does to our minds and our bodies when we see it and feel it. That’s how you know it’s true. 

I can imagine that we’ve danced this dance a hundred times through many lifetimes. In many galaxies. I have caught glimpses of you and your beautiful soul on tens of planets. We’ve seen and done it all. But right now, for this lifetime and this heart, I had to leave you and say goodbye. 

There are two things that bring tears to my eyes: Chloe and you. And so after the tears sprang up, the positive fool inside me said “well maybe that’s not all.” And I thought about my best friends. And the same is true. But instead of tears, I smiled.