X is for X MARKS THE SPOT

The world is older than Man, 

and sometimes if you listen with your heart, you can hear it hum with mystery.






But the map is not the land.

There is no X THAT MARKS THE SPOT in life.

Perhaps that is why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic.


Those moments, those people 

that shape the course of our futures come upon us unawares and are only seen in retrospect.

We usually only recognize their preciousness when 

they slip past us and run like fairy dust through our grasping fingers.


So we should walk circumspectly 

knowing there are probably hidden treasures all around us ... 

people, pets, our own healthy bodies even ...

which we will only notice by their absence in our lives.


The "X" which marks the magic in our lives is invisible ... 

but all too real nonetheless.

HAVE YOU MISSED ANY  "X's" IN YOUR PAST?