Anniversary

Today I awoke earlier than usual.  There was something in my eye and I could not get back to sleep.  Then I remembered that it is a new moon and the stars would be magnificant if I went outside now.  So I got up, wide awake, and went out to see the Power of the Universe at work.  It is magnificent.  A bonus was a full two second shooting star.  So silent and still, this night, and this Power.  But both are real to me.  Then I realized that this is an anniversary for me, 28 years.  What a great way to begin the celebration.  There was nothing in my eye.  It was just a way for the God of my life to get me out of bed and see the universe at work.  I went for a cup of coffee.  I saw a cross.  In my faith, this great Power gave up power.  A powerless power.  I know what that means.  I remember exactly where I was 28 years ago to this day, and who I was with, what we were doing.  I forget a lot of things, but I have never forgotten that moment in a Viena bar.  There were three of us.  Whenever I think my life is a mess, going in circles, I can recall that one of the three of us is now dead.  It isn't me.  Life is a gift.  I am living it on a star-filled night.