Revelation

It comes to us, a simple thought, where the truth lay there in plain sight, our vision clear, free at last from the blur created by the deceit born of denial, the object of our attention prodded to the surface by a sense of urgency that can only come when one catches a fleeting glimpse of the end of a long and arduous journey.

Even as we gaze in wonder at this fact so long concealed by our own human desires, we pause to consider the options it presents as a gift to the person we have become, and a future filled with the knowledge it provides. Even as we stumble to find the words to express the emotions released by this revelation, we glance furtively to the left and to the right, and then quickly lay claim to what we have longed for since the first misadventures of our youth.

Knowing it was and will continue to remain invisible to many of those around us, we come to the conclusion that we must learn to share this gift without revealing its source. Only then can we hope to escape the ridicule that so often falls on our ears from those for whom the truth escapes their grasp.

As we chart our course in a new direction, we begin to feel the energy and enthusiasm we have not felt for so very long begin to fill our mind with optimism where doubt has lingered for what seems like an eternity. Beating back the despair, wondering if it really has come at long last, but apprehensive about so little time remaining.

Fearful that it is too late to use it to fulfill our destiny, we decide with a  shrug of our shoulders to cast out the last of our reservations, and free ourselves from the burden of a past that, in retrospect, seems wasted by the distractions of a shallower physical world. And then as quickly as it came, the thought is gone. All that remains is a change in course, and our determination to follow our dream.