To bite into a mango, a salute to the individuals and the night.

For all ive been blessed with in my life

there was an emptyness in me

i was imprisoned by the power of gold

with one kind touch you set me free

let the world stop turning

let the sun stop burning

let them tell me love is not worth goin' through

if it all falls apart

i will know deep in my heart

the only dream that mattered had come true

in this life i was loved by you

for every mountain i have climbed

every raging river crossed

you were the treasure that i longed to find

without your love i would be lost

let the world stop turning

let the sun stop burning

let them tell me love is not worth goin through

if it falls apart

i will know deep in my heart

the only dream that mattered had come true

in this life i was loved by you

i know that i will live forever

but forever ill be loving you

let the world stop turning

let the sun stop burning

tell me loves not going through

if it all falls apart

i will know deep in my heart

the only dream that mattered had come true

in this life i was loved by you

~Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Nothing could describe how I feel tonight better than this song.

What does life fall short of but limitlessness? Every grain of sand; every leaf on every tree could tell you the most wondrous stories ever told. A world with places of curious miracles and unparalleled beauty explored and navigated by various drops of rain traveling across the earth. What a joy it would be to hear the story of a drop of rain amongst a crowd of water droplets, hydroplaning across a sea of Grey! What a joy it would be to hear the life of a cloud. Every aspect of life (bios) creates a wonderful cacophony of joyous synapses in my brain. When I get down into the grass and grab onto that vast green living mat of stems and leaves, my entire being surges with energy. The energy of nature vests itself into me and I into it. When I hit the ground running after the sun has set (as if I were to chase the sun itself!) the relationship between nature and myself becomes a marriage of interconnectedness. As if there were any words to describe that relationship! But take it back, life has become so much more than a reaction to what's around me. Yes, Life is so much more than what is given. I can recognize the beauty of life, what a precious gift I can cherish until the end.
We are quite the navigators of life, of the earth, of bios!
We recognize our attributes, we recognize diversity, we recognize beauty, we not only recognize but contemplate! and most of all revere life! We find joy in something that has total capabilities for convictions beyond our imaginations. Somewhere along the line a person discovers why they should love life. Somewhere along the line we see that beauty, but I implore you, beauty is something much more than being recognized; it is something to be experienced first hand! It is there, now that you recognize it, run to it! Jump into that delightful landscape in front of you! Live, but not just live, thrive in this vast earth around you. Thats why it has always been a mystery to me how people could even consider that they can own a piece of the earth, to own land. Are you serious? I laugh when I hear a person make such a claim, you cannot own the earth. The earth gave you life, the earth gives you life, and when you die you will go back to it. And when you are long dead and gone the earth will still be there, waiting for the next person to lay claim over it.
I like what Aristotle said when he said one swallow does not make a summer, but what I have found with my life right now is I love the days that feel like they could compose my entire lifetime. They are there, and I am shocked that they could be so numerous. A single night can be given joys the equivalent of several eternities in search of them. A single day can become rich in comforts and deep in misery at the same time. A single moment can become widely dispersed with hundreds of plentiful moments to follow. What is better than a day that what you have desired, what you have dreamed, comes to fruition? What is better than a day when what you have desired, what you have dreamed, have been exceeded way beyond your expectations. The wondrous surprises of life, they are as abundant as a rain forest teeming with bios. Nothing could describe how I feel tonight better than this song!