Child for a night

Tonight this exuberant sense of joy overcame me and I just wanted to do something crazy and out of my mind, I was ready for anything. Since shared joy is doubled joy and sharing joy with three other quadruples the joy, I invited three of my dearest friends to join me, not telling them to what mischievous things we would be up tonight.

The four of us slender along the path, when I started running and shouted "catch me if you can," and that is where the fun began. We ran to the soccer field, where we spinned around in circles like crazy till we would fall over each other and then we would lie in the grass and just look up into the sky. It was wonderful.

We lay there like a cross, head to head and looked up into the sky, praising our Maker and the One we love because he loved us first. We prayed, we rejoiced, we worshipped. It was a holy moment and the joy simply overcame me.

I got up and leapt around, danced around, frolicked like a man out of his mind and my friends joined me into this extravaganza. We sang songs about being undignified and unashamed and shouted out our love for Him.

Then we played catch and ran all over the field till there was no more energy left. Well, there was some left and so we pushed each other into the water sprinklers till we were thoroughly drenched.

It was so wonderful, being a child for a night again and not worrying about anything or anyone. Just me, my friends and our Maker!

And you know what?

He smiled at us from Heaven, seeing his children rejoice and be happy.

How do I know?

Well, out here in LA one is lucky to see a few stars, if one sees them at all but tonight. There were hundreds and thousands of stars clearly in the sky, one could no longer count them.

I leave you with a quote from Dante's Paradise

"High phantasy lost power and here broke off;
Yet, as a wheel moves smoothly, free from jars,
My will and my desire were turned by love,

The Love that moves the sun and the other stars."