Snapshot

Some days there are strange, serene little moments when life feels surreal and perfect, like everything in the universe is following a plan or has somehow fallen exactly into place. It's the same feeling you get when you finish a puzzle, find a gold dollar, or somehow capture a perfect shot by accident, like lightning, falling stars, or wild animals famed in perfect settings, and it's a very peculiar sort of magic. It only lasts for a moment, but in those brief instances, everything feels electric and happy, like you are right where you should be, and everything is going to become something strange and wonderful.

Today, it just feels good to exist. I ran until my lungs ached and my legs collapsed, then I just lay there in the grass, gasping in the cool autumn air and staring up at the endless blue sky. I felt so alive, and like I could laugh for hours.

I am so in love with this world and this strange journey called life. No matter the past, life is beautiful and I would not trade being here for anything.