I am on a bus, and it is night. Great adventures await me at my destination, and great adventures I have left behind, but now, it is time to rest. The passengers around me sleep, and I am alone. Music fills my ears, and without hearing, I feel. At this moment in my journey, I…

With the dramatic, rolling hills, placid lake, and grazing horses around me, thoughts swell inside me and then quiet in rolling waves that I let sweep me away.

I hope that one day, probably many, many years into the future, you will remember me with all the clarity in the world.