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Lone Brahman appears insignificant, gazing at the seemingly featureless horizon. A section of the productive cattle-grazing country between Winton and Boulia in the Queensland Outback.
Very small, about 3-4mm in diameter.
SMALL BUT NOT INSIGNIFICANT
I am small — a quiet pulse in a roaring world,
A tiny budding bud on a rosemary shrub
Like a single green shoot pushing through cracked concrete.
Not vast enough to cast a shadow over mountains,
yet stubborn enough to split stone given time.
Small hands can still hold someone together when they’re falling apart.
Small voices, when they finally speak truth,
Can echo louder than any shouted lie.
I may be easy to overlook, but I am not nothing.
And nothing has never changed the world.
But is that true? Do we have to have a big life, do big things, to earn the right to speak?
Our culture tends to tell us yes.
We need a big online following. Or big book sales numbers. Or hundreds who show up to hear us speak.
As if the number of those who hear validates what we say.
January has been so dark, gloomy and depressing here so any tiny glimpses of sunlight are celebrated and digitally captured even though some are just insignificant sightings from my kitchen window. I liked the positive and negative effect of this clematis in its leafless winter form.
Looking SE into Coire Mòr an Teallaich from this insignificant hump (594m) between Sàil Mhòr (behind me) and Sgùrr Ruadh (centre right). On the right is a peek into Fisherfield Forest, a.k.a. the Great Wilderness, with Beinn Dearg Mòr at far right.
On this extremely challenging journey you experience so much deep, devastating darkness that drains the life out of you. And though it is challenging and often feels impossible, you keep looking for light along this dark road. Somehow these little slivers of light help provide tiny pieces of hope and life that encourage you on a path of growth, healing and recovery. Thank you for working so hard to keep watching for and paying attention to these little slivers of light.
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I took this photo on the way home from a neurofeedback appointment back on November 30, 2021. This ride home can sometimes be a very intense and challenging time for me so seeing this tiny sliver of sunset light—that appears so insignificant— shining on the car dashboard in front of me was actually a big, very meaningful moment for me. This is one of many photos I’ve taken from the passenger seat as we drive twice each week to my neurofeedback appointments. This practice of seeing, appreciating and capturing my surroundings from the moving car can sometimes be very helpful for me.
Look - what a beautiful world we live in!
I'll never understand why some just can't appreciate this beauty and keep spreading hate and misery over insignificant problems.
Every time you change the space around you, it's worth remembering that this can lead to global changes! And our most insignificant actions can lead to very significant changes! Sometimes even a glance at a spider web in the forest can lead to changes all over the planet ;)
A November day, moody sky and fabulous light. The disused Mortello Towers in the distance gives a sense of time and place to this stretch of Kent coastline. There is something so powerful about this sky . A reminder about how small and insignificant the human being is in relation to the forces of nature.
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In my garden, this is the only plant I do not know the name of!
I bought it on the market, years ago, it had a lovely photo of how it would become, no name though... shows again how deceptive photos can be, LOL. It is in fact tiny!
Anyway, it is very hardy, with insignificant small leaves, in late Spring... it grows insignificant little white flowers, mostly hidden under the leaves, in Summer it is ... just there?
Then comes Autumn, and the leaves turn on all the colours of the rainbow, for a few short weeks, two if your lucky with the weather, it becomes an ABSOLUTE focal point of attraction in the garden... pure GLORY... then it's gone again... till next year!
I thought I'd share this with you.
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and beauty, M, (*_*)
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L'église de style ottonien
Commencée à l'époque ottonienne vers 992, l'église a été consacrée en 1046.
L'église présente un haut chevet plat prolongé par une abside semi-circulaire qui, bien que de proportions non négligeables, semble petite en comparaison.
Le chevet plat, percé de quelques trous de boulin, présente trois petites fenêtres cintrées à sa base. Plus haut, il est percé d'un triplet composé de trois hautes fenêtres cintrées.
Le pignon du chevet plat laisse apparaître des poutres de bois en forme de ferme de charpente.
L'abside semi-circulaire, couverte d'un toit d'ardoises conique, présente une fenêtre basse, alignée sur celles du chevet plat, et une minuscule baie cintrée haut placée, presque sous la corniche.
Ottonian-style church
Begun in Ottonian times around 992, the church was consecrated in 1046.
The church has a high, flat apse extended by a semicircular apse which, although of not insignificant proportions, appears small in comparison.
The flat bedside, pierced with a few bowling holes, has three small arched windows at its base. Higher up, it is pierced with a triplet made up of three high arched windows.
The gable of the flat bedside reveals wooden beams in the form of a truss.
The semicircular apse, covered with a conical slate roof, has a low window, aligned with those of the flat apse, and a tiny arched bay high placed, almost under the cornice.
Low light striking the Torridon mountains at Loch Clair. The mighty Liathach looking surprisingly insignificant next to Beinn Eighe
Connections:
direct and indirect
permanent and intermittent
historical and insignificant
physical and spiritual
business and private
thoughtful and reckless
telephone, internet, travel, meaningless, platonic ...
Every time I eat cherry peppers I remember back to when I was a very young boy.
My mother would drive us to a popular chain restaurant where, at their drive-through window, we would each order a steak finger basket, which contained steak fingers, Texas toast, a container of gravy, French fries, and for garnish a couple of cherry peppers.
The cherry peppers were exceptionally flavorful, and it became a habit for us to ask for a few extra in our meals when we went.
One time there was a new cashier working the window and she was exceptionally snooty. We asked for a few extra cherry peppers and you’d have thought we were robbing the joint. She went into this diatribe about how the restaurant couldn’t give food away and stay in business, whereupon my mother offered to pay extra, fer crissake, for the additional peppers. Best I remember the woman wound up calling the manager over and creating a real hullabaloo…over a few stinking cherry peppers that I’m sure cost the restaurant next to nothing, and nonetheless were probably cost-factored into the price of the meal.
The experience left such a bad taste in our mouth that we didn’t patronize that particular restaurant again for awhile, all because some wannabe raised Cain over something so insignificant in the scheme of things.
Be careful who you allow to represent you.
The final evening in Iceland and we were both really excited about this one. 200 odd feet of Skogafoss truly takes your breath away just standing in front of it. Which is what I did, several times over until we felt happy with the outcome, me running back and forth in my wellies like an excitable 7 year old and standing on a rock where the blast from Skogafoss was almost knocking me off my feet, while Lee operated both cameras.
I got thoroughly drenched, and even my super waterproof extreme outdoors jacket was wet on the inside for the first time ever. I loved every second of this, and every moment of being in such an extraordinary country. Putting a human figure in front of the waterfall was important to provide a sense of scale and was a reminder of how insignificant we are.
Beauty is all around us if we pay a little attention to it. A simple ray of sunlight can transform an insignificant landscape into a magnificent one.
When you have to work or study, sometimes you need to get away from where you have been. You need to go somewhere else, get mixed with random people and maybe feel a little insignificant. Sometimes that's what helps you focus on what you have to do. Coffee-shops is my choice for cases like this. You bring your material of study/work, you enjoy your coffee and when you need a little break all you have to do is look away from your monitor or book and for a few seconds observe the people around you.
Οταν εχεις να διαβασεις η να εργαστείς πάνω σε κάτι, μερικές φορές θέλεις να ξεφύγεις από τα συνηθισμένα. Μερικές φορές θες να βρεθείς κάπου αλλού, να μπερδευτεις με τον κόσμο και να νιώσεις λιγο αγνωστος μεταξυ αγνωστος. Καποιες φορες αυτο και μόνο αρκει για να μπορεσεις να συγκεντρωθεις σε αυτο που έχεις να κανεις. Τα coffee shops ειναι η πρωτη μου επιλογη για τετοιες περιπτωσεις. Μπορεις να εχεις μαζι σου ολο το υλικο που χρειαζεσαι και οταν θες ενα διαλειμμα το μονο που εχεις να κανεις ειναι να κοιταξεις γυρω σου και να παρατηρησεις ανθρωπους και παραστασεις για μερικα δευτερολεπτα.
A celebration of 'knowing' just how utterly amazing this planet can be, even if all it's sentient inhabitants don't always appreciate it or look after it.
Myvatn, Northern Iceland
70004 looks insignificant at Southampton Maritime freightliner terminal as it sits waiting for its train to be loaded.
One of several occasions I've stopped here en route between Sheffield and Dorchester and it's been baking hot.
Sailing is an honest race, intense competition in a sport that seems insignificant to the land-bound. The frustration of an over-early, a friendly pre-race chat before the line about whatever comes to mind, the incredible joy of crossing the line first. An efficient sail change, becalmed before the first mark under a boiling sun, the Captain Morgan 50 Miler, a textbook rounding, winning the series.
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There is something about these Giants that have been around for hundreds of years. Love places that make me feel tiny and my problems completely insignificant.
Approach to EBC is guarded by several moraines one of which can be seen left foreground. The Khumbu glacier occupies the right foreground while the seemingly insignificant Kala Patthar is seen below Pumori at left middle distance. Gorak Shep is hidden from view below Kala Patthar.
Summit of Scarr, moments before the weather descended... on me...
My One Hundredth Explore!
... Which in the greater scheme of things, is an insignificant, largely random, out of my control, unimportant & completely trivial event...
But i do like the nice round numbers, plus 100 is quite a lot of trivial, unimportant, random events, so it feels a tiny bit special... Just a tiny bit ;-)
So thanks to all for your views, comments and favs - it is very much appreciated.
It’s important to me, to retain the essence of the place I’m representing, but I often feel the inclination to experiment. I feel the need to see if I can find new impression new semblances in order to forge a creative path.
I often find frustrations knowing just how far to push subtle effects. I spend ages mulling over the different layers, turning them on and off, trying to look from different angles, I make the image smaller, I squint my eye, I turn the lights of and on (I think I've said enough). The differences sometimes are so small that it would seem insignificant, but as a whole the subtle workings can offer the image a rich indescribable texture, something magical, a holistic experience where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. (Gestalt psychology).
To be honest I find it paradoxically reassuring that the more open, the more uncertain, I see the world the truer it becomes. When the world isn’t black and white, the shades of grey can be very hard to identify. But hey that’s like life. If we believe in the concept of infinity, then surely (being logical) nothing is what it seems, things can not be stable, nothing can be black and white. There will always be something in-between what seems to be solid. There is no fact, there is not one “correct” way of solving a problem, and there aren’t rules that have to be flowed in order to be real. Because reality is a matter of perception, its what you as an individual perceive it to be and every thing is relevant and justified as your own vision.
Yes I'm getting heavy…sorry for the people who want black and white but hey guys not here.
Desert Mountains, Dust Storm. © Copyright 2020 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A desert dust storm obscures Amargosa Range mountains and ridges, Death Valley National Park.
Death Valley dust storms are beautiful and terrible things. They are, from an objective point of view, very unpleasant. The wind alone can make it difficult to do much of anything, especially photography. The dust gets into everything, including camera equipment and your eyes, and is a constant, uncomfortable presence. A really bad dust storm is one of those things that helpfully remind us of how small and insignificant we are in this grand landscape.
The dust storm on this late afternoon was approaching that level. Having seen a few of these in Death Valley, there were a few things that were different about this one, most notably that the wind was carrying the thick dust into place where I don’t usually see it, including far up into the Amargosa Mountain range. It was so windy and dusty in the spot where I stopped to make the photograph that I was only able to cower behind the shelter of my vehicle just long enough to make a few exposures.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
Don't find Scymnus haemorrhoidalis very often, so it was lovely to find this one last week!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
This year we have left our grass to grow long which benefits many species such as toads, frogs, moths etc. including this common grass moth [ chrystoteuchia culmella ] which fluttered up as I hosed the nearby border. It was very small and insignificant but up on screen, I was very surprised by its beautiful large, green eyes. Magnification often produces some exciting hidden features. The photo was taken in dark, windy conditions so it is not as in focus as I would like.
Funchal, Madeira Island - LARGE
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Quero agradecer publicamente todos os amigos que passaram no Orkut
pelo meu niver no dia 15 de Dezembro:
precisei de um tempinho pra responder em cada um,
falta de tempo, trabalho, as coisas de sempre mas um pouco maiores ...
E ultimamente uso mesmo escrever que ... ou vivo na rede, ou vivo ao vivo !!!
Isso é :-)
Mas nunca esquecer amigos, virtuais ou não, são a Vida.
Então, muito muito muitíssimo obrigado :-)))
Sem falar daquelas grandes amiguinhas do Flickr que postaram uma foto pra mim !!!
Já falei, dizer o que meninas, adoro vcs :-)
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Pensando ao título dessa foto, não foi difícil pra mim pensar em Jobim ( que novidade viu ),
mas achei muito legal o que encontrei navegando, quero compartilhar, vale a pena:
Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic for The New York Times,
escreveu um grande artigo sobre Oscar Niemeyer, colocando citações maravilhosas ...
Olha que coisa:
The carioca composer and singer Chico Buarque put it this way:
'' In my mind, Tom's music is a house designed by Oscar ''.
( Chico: pra mim, a música do Tom é uma casa projetada por Oscar )
Mas aqui é poesia pura:
" We absolutely need to look at the sky,'' Niemeyer once said,
''and feel how insignificant we are - the offspring of nature ".
( Oscar: absolutamente nós precisamos de olhar pro céu,
e sentir quanto nós somos insignificantes - o fruto da natureza )
Fechando o círculo:
curiosamente, eu nascei no mesmo dia de Oscar rsrs,
não falto de postar foto de céu, mas sobretudo, vivo olhando para o céu,
sim, um pouco demais, é verdade :-)
Só duas palavras de Olha Pro Céu ( Look To The Sky ), letra e música por o Maestro:
Grande é o céu
Um abismo de luz
Se grande é o céu
Maior é o meu amor
E vejo o céu infinito
Que existe em teus olhos
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Couldn't think of a more fitting location for a Castle. It looks so imposing from down below, but then when you're atop the mountain to the right looking down, it looks so insignificant and tiny. It's all about sperpective!
To say the view here is amazing is an understatement. This is hands down the best view of the Colorado River winding its way through the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Nothing says you're small and insignificant as when you stand before this magnificent overlook.
Out of oak, just to confuse me!! It's a 'pine specialist', and nearest pines are some distance away, but ladybirds have wings after all! From lunchtime today
Upton Magna - Shropshire
SCENE: 3 to 4 years ago in a now defunct club, one lonely girl dances alone when this beautiful woman walks in and sits in a chair.....
Annnnnnd don't want to bore you with too much detail. Needless to say, we have driven a bumpy road....one that has since smoothed out. She is my amiga, my amore, mi corazon. She is my mind, my conscience and the rudder upon my ship. Like water sloshing in a cup until it finds its balance, that is us. she's been patient, forgiving, healing, thoughtful, helpful and to say I love her, sounds insignificant to the pure emotion that's buried deep within my heart.
I do and always will love you Honor darling!❤❤❤
Photo taken by the wonderful Giuliano Carminucci
Models: Honor and Brynlee Fireangel
"Self Control" Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery.
You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don't allow others to control the direction of your life.
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Car: .::Indulge::. Mclaren 650s red velvet
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The eternity of time and the vastness of space dwarfing all, making everything seem so puny, so insignificant. So, when you're felling egotistic, just look up at the sky and be humbled.
*Note: More pics of Sky and Scenery in my Sky and Scenery Album
Excerpt from the plaque:
It’s Not Here, It’s Over Here by Galmae
A proposal for a group of people in motion, where the awareness of another becomes more and more indispensable.
The world is filled with things we often overlook as insignificant or mundane. “It’s Not Here, It’s Over Here” explores the experience that emerges from the accumulation of these seemingly trivial elements. This installation is composed of a 4-kilometre-long sisal string. The accumulation of a simple material transforms it into a new dimension, demonstrating how a basic substance can transcend its physical form.
This piece reveals the potential for the ordinary to transcend its nature when accumulated, suggesting a shift in how we perceive the mundane through the lens of repetition and persistence.
Standing there, my breath taken by the beautiful landscape, I feel insignificant.
Committed to expired Ilford FP4+ using a Hasselblad X-pan and 45 mm lens and red filter. Developed Ars-Imago FD as standard and scanned using an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and levels done with Negative Lab Pro.
Tangermünde Castle was first mentioned in 1009 as "civitate Tongeremuthi" because this is where the Tanger (Tongera) flows into the Elbe. The city was first mentioned in 1275.
From 1373 to 1378 Tangermünde was the second seat of Emperor Charles IV, who appointed his 12-year-old son Wenzel Elector of Brandenburg in 1373. After the death of Emperor Charles IV, there was a turbulent development in the Mark, until the Hohenzollerns were enfeoffed with the Mark as electors in 1415 and initially resided in Tangermünde.
The heyday of the Hanseatic city was the 15th century, when the city gates and the town hall were built in the North German brick Gothic style. At this time, St. Stephen's Church was expanded into a Gothic hall church. The city lost the Elector's favor after the uprising of 1488, when the citizens rebelled against the beer tax.
In 1617 the city burned down almost completely. After the fire, many magnificent half-timbered houses were built. Due to the Thirty Years' War, however, the city became a rather insignificant country town.
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Parts of the surviving fortifications with their large gates, like the Neustädter Tor, still existed and were extensively restored after the German unification.
Insignificant On Cosmic Scale But Godly In Uniqueness In Space-Time Continuum, First Sunset New Year New Decade New Era - IMRAN™
(My 97th Photo In Explore!)
What a joy to be able to live into another new year, another new decade, and, hopefully, a new era. I captured this beautiful first sunset of 2021 on Tampa Bay Florida at my blessed home in Apollo Beach.
It is an HDR image intended to capture the vivid vivacious vitality of this time in history.
In the grand scheme of things, it makes you think. Quite frankly, the moment is meaningless when seen on a cosmic scale — which is the backdrop of our time here on earth as humans, or as a species on a planet, or even as a planet in peril from its own inhabitants while it does its rounds around a fairly insignificant star called the sun. Even on a human scale it is a “non-event” — just a click that may not even register in the literally billions of photos that will have been taken between New Year’s Eve and the first night of 2021.
But here and now, the moment and the experience of this instant, it is a godly event — an absolutely unique spot, sight, and moment — in all of the infinite space-time continuum! Imagine that. I bow my head in gratitude to the Almighty, and in thanks to all of you for the love you gave, give, and will give me. Forever.
© 2021 IMRAN™
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From the rim of Mt Ijen, one can see the most acidic lake that looks green, 800m down
From the rim of Mt Ijen, one can also see the hardship of the sulfur miners who have to walk up the challenging path, with heavy load of sulfur
From the rim of Mt Ijen as well, one can see the contrast of insignificant human beings and the great nature. How the latter constantly poses tough challenges, and how human beings, in this case, sulfur miners endure and overcome the challenges
Standing at the rim of Mt Ijen is like putting one in an amphitheater, to witness a great 'show'
Check earlier posting for background info
Slot canyons are some of the most amazing places to experience. Surrounded by towering walls, you can feel so small and insignificant. But at the same time, the experience can be transcendental. Indeed, places like this are among some of the most beautiful I've seen anywhere in the world.
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Der Halti ist der höchste Berg Finnlands.
Er misst zwar nur 1.324 m und ist eigentlich auch nur ein unbedeutender, flacher Bergrücken, aber er ist eindeutig das Dach Finnlands, der höchste Punkt des Landes.
2015, zum 100-jährigen Jubiläum der finnischen Unabhängigkeit, überlegte man in Norwegen Finnland ein kleines Gebiet nördlich abzutreten, auf dem eine etwas höhere, bedeutendere Graterhebung liegt. Nette Idee, dies scheiterte dann allerdings an zu hohen, juristischen Hürden.
Ich fand den Halti, wie gesagt als Gipfel nicht wirklich erkennbar, im dichten Nebel nur mit GPS und mache mich auch gleich wieder an den Abstieg. Im Internet bekommt der Halti keine guten Bewertungen, viele empfinden ihn als langweilig. Mich hat die Weite und Einsamkeit hier oben fasziniert. Ich bin auf meiner 25-km-Wanderung keinem Menschen begegnet. Nur am Ende, kurz vor meinem Parkplatz, sind mir dann 2 Autos entgegengekommen.
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The Halti is the highest mountain in Finland.
It is only 1,324 m high and is actually just an insignificant ridge, but it is clearly the roof of Finland, the highest point in the country.
In 2015, on the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence, Norway considered giving Finland a small area to the north, on which a slightly higher, more significant ridge lies. Nice idea, but this failed due to too high legal hurdles.
As I said, I found the Halti, which as I said was not really recognizable as a peak, only with GPS in the thick fog and immediately started the descent. The Halti does not get good reviews on the Internet, many find it boring. I was fascinated by the vastness and solitude up here. I did not meet anyone on my 25 km hike. Only at the end, just before my parking space, did I see 2 cars coming towards me.
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I am enjoying going over these images, reliving the excitement and wonder that I so clearly remember. Those first days I felt like a spinning top, shooting anything and everything. We were all so giddy to be THERE, to see wildlife, ANY wildlife, so up-close and personal. It was absolutely thrilling. And unbelievably, it only got better and better. This was THEIR world, not mine, and there was so much to see, so much to learn, so much to be grateful for, so much to marvel over. Nothing was insignificant or ordinary. I have thousands of images to go through, and every one feels like I am unwrapping a gift.
“Every creature was designed to serve a purpose. Learn from animals for they are there to teach you the way of life. There is a wealth of knowledge that is openly accessible in nature. Our ancestors knew this and embraced the natural cures found in the bosoms of the earth. Their classroom was nature. They studied the lessons to be learned from animals. Much of human behavior can be explained by watching the wild beasts around us. They are constantly teaching us things about ourselves and the way of the universe, but most people are too blind to watch and listen.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun
Zion National Park has something indefinable about its beauty. I remember when we were approaching the entrance gate of Zion and I could see the sandstone peaks approaching in the distance, somehow it brought tears to my eyes. But there was one spot within Zion in particular, where we came out of the woods after a long hike, and looking back unexpectedly saw a view, part of which is captured in this photo. It's only a section of the view, the whole area is surrounded by peaks like that, and is called "Court of the Patriarchs". The mountains tower straight up like skyscrapers, and the only way to photograph them is with an ultrawide lens. It was the middle of the day and the light was a bit flat overhead, but I worked with what I had.
Trying to define exactly what it was that hit us at that point is like trying to explain what it is like to be in love, or to experience a feeling of awe, but I will try. I would describe it as a feeling of reverence, for experiencing the overwhelming and ancient beauty of this place, and how insignificant we feel in comparison. And also gratitude, knowing we are so fortunate to stand on this piece of sacred ground, feeling the sun on our skin and the soft cool breeze. Our life is but an instant in the long span of time that has formed such a valley, and it will still be there long after we are gone and forgotten, for others hopefully to enjoy.
We also noticed other people similarly in quiet awe as they emerged from the woods onto this sandy ridge and noticed the surroundings. For a moment, it made us forget everything, every bad thing, all pain, guilt, regrets vanish, and we feel reborn like a child, completely open, accepting and unquestioning, but with the added sense of gratitude that age informs us. It's a feeling I try to hold on to and think back on daily.