Soon after I wake I gaze at the planet Venus shining bright above the horizon as the night sky lifts with the cusp of dawn. I see nothing but the interruption of a small ball of shimmering light against the deep dark blue, and yet I feel something powerful, something far more than a rational view of the sky.
What I see is as difficult to articulate as what I do not see.
Beauty is not confined by my sensory experience, as is its sibling, wonder.
I live in a secular society, a democracy where religion is separated from the powers of state, and where religious leaders have little or no authority over political decisions. A secular society is tolerant of diversity and makes its laws through the examination of facts and rational debate.
Although I have no religious faith I respect those who do, as I have experienced faith. Faith is aligned to those things outside of rational human experience. The experiences of mystery and the spirit.
Echo: a sound, image, or idea that is reflected and mirrors the original.
Echos can help us locate or navigate, they draw our attention. Their fading, mournful quality, charges the mind. An echo is full with mystery. When I experience one I am often disoriented by its source. The echo will leave quickly, and so I drop everything I am doing and give it my complete attention.
Objects in my home are often echoes from my past. A music manuscript, a map, my baptismal font.
William Shakespeare
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Think This Today is the creation of Mike de Sousa, an artist, writer, and composer.