Seagulls and Sardines

It's early morning, and I see a seagull descend from a cloud and hover above the ocean surface.

In the calm tide, the fish must surely look above and wonder how these magnificent creatures, who occasionally plunge into their world then quickly exit, have learned to fly.

The birds, too, must look with amazement at the fish below. How can these magnificent creatures breathe under water, they surely must ask.

Birds and fish exist. That is a fact. But they live in different worlds, different universes. Their universes momentarily collide, but that is it.

Each have questions about the other. And there is an answer to each of their questions. But since they live in different universes, they will never understand the simple truth, the reason why.

That is a metaphor for each of us, in these days of our yearning, our searching, our growth. Our seeking answers to why we are here, what we are to do, what this thing called Life is all about.

There are reasons why things happen to us, those we love, as well as those we might be intimidated by and might not admire. There are always reasons why people come in and out of our lives. Reasons we may never know.

But trust that there is an answer.

You won't find that answer in your mind: it has been programmed, in recent times, like a computer.

You won't find that answer listening to the "advice" of others: they, too, speak only from their own, myopic thinking, their own limited universe.

But you may find it if you listen to your heart.

Your heart knows the truth and the way and the secrets. Your heart holds and embraces “the key”.

Your heart understands, in silence, the mysteries of the days and  nights.