Thursday
July 2, 1998
Balaclava

Just what do you do when the blinding flash of clarity hits you? What do you do when the knowledge that now resides within bursts so, to get out? How do you manage the feeling that you've arrived somewhere, someplace momentous. and the smile that stretches from ear to ear, and feels as though it won't ever stop. the amazing awe of awakening. seeing as if for the first time. understanding it all.

You remember that it's enough that you know it. Enough that you believe it. and you let it go.

Because now that you know it, you can never unknow it. and the feeling of strength from within, and the beautiful, clear joy of being there, won't fade. as long as you believe in it. for now you know what it is to see and hear and feel and live, you won't ever want to go back. and the spectacular rushing, driving, hurtling, relentless push forward loses all its scariness when you accept that it's just life. it's what it means to be alive.

so glad you could make it.

i always knew you would. i always believed you could.

the rest is easy.

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Yo Yo Ma
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