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Wednesday Aug. 31, 2016    

I wonder where this magic began, and where reality’s precipice ends.

Navigating life’s path, mixing ‘on purpose’ with ‘off track’, random and remarkable – we know where magic was. Imprinted, without warning, I’ve seen if fine in my rear-view mirror, but didn’t see so clearly when it was in my face …

I’ve rounded some fresh turns lately – realizing so many unconnected things from my past seem to be coming together right here, now, feeling prepared for what’s happening next. Some I never imagined – then I look in the mirror, there I am – so very glad for this journey, for preparation.

Where we are headed on life can be described as a destination, or as a state of mind. Bringing those together in one place, at the same moment is beyond definition as a goal. Transcendent …

 

written / published from Calgary, AB

morning walk with Gusta:  14C/57F, calm, brilliant sunrise, clear sky … a perfect day for golf [I’m dashing off shortly to be KK’s guest at a charity golf event at Heritage Pointe … which is where/how he and I met 16 years ago]; Gusta enjoyed her walk but felt shortchanged because I was in a hurry. She’ll have to be happy with my promise of a big-long one this evening. 

Reader feedback:

BLOCKED DOES NOT MEAN STOPPED

Good one. Not every path is worth the effort to follow it. Sometimes we don’t realize that soon enough, ADN, Calgary, AB


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