A few years ago, I was living in a beautiful house, overlooking an orchard and beyond it a valley. My bedroom was larger than most places I have lived in since then. The swimming pool was larger than all the places I've lived in since then.
At the time, I felt no gratitude for this well-appointed, spacious and light-filled home. The pool was just another hassle to keep clean and sort out, the management of the full-time maid and the gardener was so tiresome. It is just as well the windows were so big because there sure was no light coming from me at the time. Everything was grey, no contrast, no shadows, no reflections.
As I wander around my good friend's home, where I have been allowed to stay for the last three months, I review my good fortune. How amazing that I see the sun shine, that the shadows cast are deep and dark, that fear and love balance each other by their glaring contrast.
Watch me fly!
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