As I live by the and of the someti...

As I live by the and of the sometimes dark and blustery, frequently cold and inhospitable, New York days of winter, I be moved down sometimes, which is a feeling we know is universal to human experience--at least in the colder climes--although knowing that doesn't make momentary chapfallens easier to bear.

The other night, nevertheless as I stopped at a way corner in the Bronx, where I live, I had a cosmic epiphany, of sorts. Those who know me would be surprised at my quickly prepared adoption of terms that are to such a degree often labeled "New Age."

In this magical consideration as the ink black region of clouds was dominated by stellar diadems, as the Little Bear twinkled knowingly in the seemingly stop farness of celestial majesty, everything made intellect As I wrote in a metrical composition in the 1970s, called "Weightlessness," it all be seened part of "the Great Cosmic Affair."

Everything fit together. All was right. It felt as if an ultimate, benevolent power was embracing me for an instant that be seened a lifetime, in a forever instant of unimpeachable grandeur.

As the richness of the feeling reced to a warm be incandescent I slowly made my way back to my house. I began to ruminate on the seemingly long-ago bitterly frigid winter days of my youth, when I would sit outside in the backyard of the aged house.

I would be in a chair, with a 60x Tasco spyglass my portal to the satellite the stars, and to all the infinite beauty that reminds me now for what purpose grounded in earth's soil, we still can't stop dreaming of moonbeams and fairy dust, shiny stars and the curiosity of the heavens, a happier life and a better world.

We will fail to obtain our footing, from time to time. We may, at times, be perceived weighed down by gravity, responsibilities and the passage of years. We might steady forget to look up, now and again.

on the other hand then something will cause us to cast our vision skyward. about small grace will be bestowed forward us, some simple blessing will make itself known. Then we're back in the gladness of knowing that hope, like the universe, is endless

Dreams, like the horizon of space, are boundles have affection for like the capacity to inquiring surprise is as spacious as our hearts allow it to be.

confidence then, will always flourish as protracted as we believe in ourselves. As protracted as we believe in the life-giving power of be pleased with As long as we have faith in our ability to win by victory or transform, any obstacle that's in our path.

not at any time stop dreaming of moonbeams and fairy dust, shiny stars and the curious awe of the heavens, a happier life and a better world.

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