| #ffffff;" /> | | | | tossed it with unbounded pleasure at a lamppost |
| Here I was, putting the cart before the horse, or to put | | | | — something I hadn’t done in years. I felt |
| it another way, thinking that it was the tail wagging the | | | | vibrant, alive, and at one with the world. |
| dog. I began to remember some of the simple rules of | | | | I reached the point where I usually would have turned |
| life that Gideon had taught me: live one day at a time; | | | | around to walk back home. I stood there for a |
| do the best with what you have; love and help one | | | | moment and looked up at the sky. How blue and |
| another. In the process of remembering these truths I | | | | beautiful,I observed,with clouds chasing one another |
| became extremely elated. The joy of these | | | | across the span. The wind ran races through the |
| recollections generated considerable excitement in my | | | | growing grass, and way off in the distance I could hear |
| mind, and before I knew it, everything seemed well | | | | a dog barking. There I was, in the center of a whole |
| with the world. It was as if I had just taken off dark | | | | new world that was not really new at all. I looked at |
| sunglasses and was finally able to see clearly. I had | | | | my hands and feet,felt the sweat on my brow and |
| been living in the past, but had not actually been | | | | realized that all my physical being was just a part of |
| brilliantly alive in the present. | | | | the universal scheme of things. There was order in the |
| I continued my walk, noticing things that I hadn’t | | | | world and order in the universe, and even though at |
| noticed before. The trees seemed to be more alive, | | | | times the order might be disguised by the pressures of |
| the flowers more beautiful,and I was aware of | | | | everyday living, it was there — gloriously |
| butterflies floating gently around me. A passing | | | | — every moment of our lives. |
| motorist waved and smiled. I picked up a pinecone and | | | | |