You hold my heart in your hands. As fall brings rain and cold wind I cannot believe that another year is almost at an end. In exactly one month my calendar will change and I will leave 23 behind… only to fully embrace the beauty of 24! What it will bring I won’t know until it has already passed. So tonight I embrace this moment. Tonight and every night… I will embrace each moment. I will be here now.
I cannot help but miss the bus just to spend time walking your streets and crunching the leaves beneath my feet. As dusk falls into darkness, each sunset disappears and leaves a sky full of sparkling stars above. You continue to inspire me. As I walk with my eyes pointed toward the diamonds in the sky I cannot help but be reminded of how small I am in the midst of things. I am inspired by the vast beauty. Tonight I could be anywhere in the world and as I look up at the glowing lights I would see the same thing… beauty. Everything is beautiful.
And as the sky begins to cry tears of joy I cannot help but laugh. Even in the cold my heart is warmed by your presence. I splash like a child in the puddles and embrace every raindrop that falls onto my nose. This is beauty. If I cannot learn to appreciate the small things in my everyday routine… I may never see beauty as I walk through life. So my dear Portland, OR thank you for letting me see the beauty… even in the small things.
With love and joy,
Me
