Peace

Uncertainty in life is the only certainty. Why are we here? Where are we going? Is there anyone up there running the show? Things eternally asked, but never really answered. If we try to grasp the big picture, yearn to be reassured about life, we find only despair at the fact that everything is uncertain. The only true peace we can find is in that fleeting moment in time, when you stare into another's soul and know that they love you, and you love them. In that single instant, all you know is the reassuring love, and everything seems right in the world, and anything is possible. The whole world can swirl around you, and try to destroy, but for that one moment, in that union of souls, you are immortal, you are a righteous child of God, and nothing in the world can harm you.

Those moments are only fleeting. But in them, is the only true peace. Be it the parent nurturing the child, the embrace of your true love, or those times when you stand with God and feel his presence with every cell of your being. Those are our anchors in the storm of life. A brief reprieve to give us the strength to fight on. Look for those and cherish them. I've found mine :-).

On a related note, I got engaged to my girl Lindsi, in september.