Life Blessed

Rhylee put on her warm slippers and walked down the stairs of her house. It was the break of dawn and she had not yet changed out of her blue tattered pajamas. She sleepily set a small pot of water on the stove. Inhaling the uplifting aroma of ginger, she grated a piece right into the pot and added a spoonful of black tea leaves. Setting the tea to brew she ambled to the neatly organized bookshelf in the kitchen nook and pulled out her mauve notebook, the one that held a cache of reflections on life, love and feelings.  Her fingers flipped through the pages as she sat down at the table with her cup of tea and when she laid her eyes on the gem, calm emanated from within, fondly remenbering the time when Keanu's superb poetic touch transformed her penned feelings into a beautiful poem. The poem reflected her transcendence to being fully alive in the entire spectrum between joy and pain, inspired by the love that dares her to go deeper and reach higher.
Benevolently and softly, she read the poem....

.... a deep appreciation for what's already there.. a rare soul to soul connection.

Rhylee felt a flicker in her chest. A deep longing. A lightness. It was no ordinary day. It was Keanu's birthday. Far far away he was seeing the same sky and breathing the same air. His day would be made special by the nice people in his life, the awareness of which allowed Rhylee to be moved and to be filled with gratitude for the beauty of life.

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The air outside was crisp and cold. Rhylee and Keanu gazed down the hill that opened into the vastness of the sea. They took in the seascape and then, hand in hand, paved their way towards the expanse of the coastline as the sea beckoned. The gentle rain was still falling. The mist from the rain created a sense of calm. The streets were peaceful and quiet. The grass was lush from the late autumn rain. On the trees, leaves formed tapestries in multiple shades of green. Water dripped from leaf to leaf. Clouds moved like smoke in the skies above. The scenery unfolded in all its patience and beauty as they walked towards the body of water. The sea was glazed with a deep blue haze and where the water ended and sky began, grey fleetingly outweighed the blue.

They observed the world from within this frame.

She turned to him and said, "The present moment is all we ever have. In this moment we have everything." and then like a final note in a soothing symphony she said to him, "Happy Birthday my love."
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Rhylee smiled as she tucked away her mauve notebook. "Thoughts do travel the fastest", she said to herself. And that was how she connected with Keanu and he connected with her, across the physical and social distances; therein was the magic, the power of love... two lives blessed with the most unique bond.