And then we were awake in a world that was, if not new,
certainly noticeably changed.
We began to notice the elegant symmetries of shapes and
shadows in the motions of water, sky, and landforms. We heard all around us, as
the sky filled, the music of migration, its massive vibration.
In our hearts we
began to know just how everything pulsed in waves of delight-- crest and
trough, crest and trough; That every locus of change was pure opportunity: for reflection, communion, renewal, and light.
-Kevin Macneil Brown