Oh yeah baby. The wind is in my hair,i can feel my lungs filling to bursting point. My ribs are pushing so had against my skin with every breath that i know i am alive. The sun is in my eyes and i can see the rolling landscape ahead. A billowing meadow of plush grasses rolling down to a river torrent. The horizon ahead of me is ever changing and never ever stagnant.
All my senses stretching as hard,as far as they will allow before being confused. I cast my imagination into the raging red churning. I wait as it is picked up by the currents and washed aside to its resting point. a good place to start from,a point of rest.
I allow my eyes to see what they want,what they must. This is their time to relax and see what they will.
My nostrils are flaring as they devour the scents of heavy water,steam locomotives and peaceful summer breezes. A feast for all my senses,ignited by my free mind. Free from weight and chore. Free to laugh with gleaming eyes and warm heart. Enjoying the medicine of good friends and personal success.
Renewed for resumption. Chasing that elusive moment of satisfaction. That moment of stillness,momentary reward. This what life is all about,this is the life. My good friends and me. My soul food :-)
thanks boys.

Standing in line during an unannounced shopping trip i saw her. Amongst the smells of soap scrubbed bodies and between one old woman and a vacant aisle. My wondering eye caught a glimpse of something deeply personal and telling.
What was in her thoughts?
what was in her heart?
Her face torn between facade and honesty. Who was she protecting with her heroic attempts to conceal the pain.
A good samaritan in action or a dutiful daughter helping her mother?
I will never know.
I know what i saw with my eyes and what i felt in my soul. When that average plain expression broke in to an attempt to cry. When i saw wrestling of emmotion. A battle ,wrought across her face,between the need to conceal and the agony of her pain bubbling to the surface. Her valiant recapture of her quaking composure....
was it for her own sake or her companions?
I know what i saw.
For that moment i saw her shine.
A pure heart,good intentions and dutiful kindness winning through. An ordinary face belying an extra-ordinary moment.
I saw her shine....
I wonder if she will ever know?