the bright glory of now-- Austin on a warm night in January

Austin is kind of cheating
a big(ish) city
with all sorts of places to be small
and around friendly people
content to be doing whatever they are doing

Whole Foods downtown has at least 4 different areas
to sit around
and eat whatever you bought, or just meet and talk
or hook up to the Internet

and indoors
the lights are bright
and there's a parade of people
and who knows what's going
on
inside them
but

some are happy
and some are discovering something
new
about life
or
another
or
food
or
????

And to come here
with a simple awareness of how
big the world is
and how other people
are an endless gift

this feels good


what feels good to you?