Powerful Moments...

As a child, I was entranced with the Cape of Good Hope, the point where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans collide. I would pore over maps, enticed by cartographic images of wind-blowing heads, sea monsters, and sailing ships. When this dream came true, I had turned 21 a day before, and was living and studying abroad in South Africa.  What a powerful feeling it was to outstretch my arms and feel the Atlantic and Indian Ocean winds.  And I too, at once wholly alive and present, felt bisected by both my past and my unfolding future.

Photo by Yotofuji Tanaki. Creative Commons