The evanescence of a smile
Nothing lasts forever, although we know, as well, that nothing disappears; energy is simply transformed, recreated in new and different forms. So it happens with people. Of course, our progeny is part of that energy and, as it goes on, infinitum, nothing in death is destroyed. But there is more. There is the energy that brings a smile to our faces. It happens in a sunset, a concert recital, the flight of a hundred voyaging birds. It happens because something within us recognizes that we are witnessing an event, a phenomenen, that awakens the spirit deep within us. So it is with a smile that brings us hope, that brings our own smile to celebrate the enigmatic but enormous possibilities. And then that smile disappears, as if it were washed from the window of our perception. We turn away distraught. Time passes. And, then, walking down a street, sipping a cup of coffee or tea, reading the mail, the smile comes back, it rises within us, it is there after all, nourishing us, adding just a little more light to our eyes. Nothing is destroyed. Thank you, Scott J Foster
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