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Have you ever loved so much that you ached? Once, I stood atop a mountain over 12,000 feet and the expansive world before me was so beautiful that it hurt. Last week I stood before a painting, an aboriginal dreamtime and I was suddenly weeping. It took my breath away. And in the absence of breath it gave me life and dreaming. It made me ache.
Once I was in an airplane that lost most of its power. We limped into the airport. Like my fellow passengers when I was again safely on the ground I had a complete and utter love and appreciation of my life. I ached with the magnificence of it all. I wanted to dance with the joy of being alive.
Each of us will have a moment when we have only a few breaths remaining, a few moments before we shut our eyes and bodies to this life. I imagine those moments will be filled with aching, with the understanding (if it has not come before) of how immense and precious this life is. I will remember holding a hand, blue eyes, mountaintops, umbrella’s in Bali, seawalls, late night pizza and beer, an aria sung just for me.
Long ago I decided not to wait until those last few moments to realize the enormity of it all. I intend to ache everyday with the utter intensity of being alive.
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The Direction of Intention 
I just had that experience, David, with the profound beauty of a basketful of vegetables we harvested from the garden. I was awestruck by the colors and shapes, the vibrant health, and the knowledge that the earth feeds me so effortlessly – that the bees and other insects conspire for the benefit of all living beings.
There’s nothing better, is there. Magic moments like these are always available (that’s what I tell myself;-)
thank you!
Wow, David. That is beautiful. Beautiful. Thank you so, so much for sharing your words and the way the world looks through your eyes. Love…