It is the same with all of us.
We gather ourselves
and meet the day.
Every day.
It would help, I think,
if we could actually gather together
and meet the day as One,
drawing strength from each other's determination
to bring our best forth
in doing right by ourselves
and each other.
So, I'll meet you in the silence,
in the stillness and emptiness
that awaits us each day
and step with you into whatever awaits us,
smiling,
knowing we have what it takes
to be here tomorrow,
doing it again.
We are bound by the silence,
by the stillness and emptiness
and the knowledge that it is filled
with the spirit of life
that never dies,
in the sense that energy can't be
created or destroyed,
only converted or transformed.
We can take our consolation in that
as we step forth together
into whatever is next,
winking and saying,
"See you tomorrow!",
all the way.
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 