A Boy and his Moon

I found a great perch on top of a magnificent piles of rocks in Idaho.  Across the way my dear friends found a perch of their own and we exchanged greetings. Then I snapped this photo of Kevin as he had a moment.

This reminded me straight away of The Little Prince by Antonie De Saint-Exupery. And that is perhaps why I love this picture with all my heart.

“People where you live,” the little prince said, “grow five thousand roses in one garden… yet they don’t find what they’re looking for…”

“They don’t find it,” I answered.

“And yet what they’re looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water…”

“Of course,” I answered.

And the little prince added, “But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.” “One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”

 

That morning I re learned that everything we have been given here on earth is to help us appreciate love and beauty. No matter what form it may take.

Just like Michelangelo said, “My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through earth’s loveliness”

This morning I am trying really hard to stay positive about the uncertain road ahead and the little prince has helped me once again..

“That’s the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.”