Moment

Last night Alvie (1.5 now) and I went out for a walk. The age of inquisitive curiosity has kicked in, and as we entered the elevator, I found myself beginning to explain to my daughter the amazing concept of the vertical dimension. Or put another way, the simple idea of how we live above ground level, and that DOWN is where we were going. I even picked her up and we both stared through the little elevator door window at the lower floors gently gliding upwards.

This wasn't the first time. I have tried this from many an angle - from outside pointing at our windows, from inside looking out the window, from the elevator, even the stairs. But this time...

As we neared the ground floor, the elevator slowed down and the image of the well lit lobby came up as if in slow motion. The door opened, we stepped out, and I ended my brief lecture with a final "See?". It was then that time stopped. Alvie's eyes bulged out, her mouth opened slightly, and a long and suggestive "uuuh" escaped her mouth.

There it was - right in my arms - a mind expanding. It blew my mind. For a brief moment, there was no past, no future, no narrative. There was simply awe. It reduced me to the simplest form of witnessing something wonderful.

This moment alone could be the answer to so many questions.