-Next Level Wonder

[Words to Image.

3 ingredients:

*A random image

*A random inspired thought

*The willingness to put them both to words

'Bon appetite']

The nature of how they met was pure destiny unfolding. A simple adventure with a childlike mindset, set in motion the single greatest connection young Kory had ever and would ever know. As he walked down his familiar path, he stopped, glanced upwards, and remembered the awesomeness of wonder and amazement he had known and felt many days long gone. He recognized the face of a familiar lady who lighted his nights and gave him countless moments of silent guidance.

Today wasn't one of those days, though. Today wasn't silent. It was the beginning of their next level of friendship. Today, her familiar face traveled two hundred and thirty-eight thousand miles, in manifestation, to look him in the eye. She wanted an up-close view of what his heart truly looked like through the two globe doorways to his soul. They had spent many years staring at one another from afar, but today needed to be something different, something greater.

She was leery of her approach due to their differences in kind. He was a tiny human, and she was a majestic celestial body. So, she came bearing a gift. A simple gesture to bridge the gap between fear and friendship.

Kory saw her, and despite instantly knowing who she was, what she was, the sight of her did alarm him a bit. She sensed it because she knew him better than he knew himself. She loved him. She stretched out her hand and offered him the key to the universe. But the enormousness of the entire universe and all of its glory and understandings would be too mighty for his tiny frame to hold, so she disguised it as something else, something more pleasing to the eye that he could relate to and hold within his tiny palm. Kory took her offering.

It was the very first time the two had the opportunity to look one another in the eyes and feel the love they had shared all of those years, up close and personal.

"If you promise to remember me, I promise to always teach you how to unlock this key and what to do with it," she said.

"You promise?" Kory asked.

"I have always held this promise for you. It is just now time for you to physically receive it."

Kory studied his key. And it pleased him.

"Thank you for believing in me," she told him.

He stared into the kindest eyes he had ever seen and felt the greatest love he had ever known.

"I will visit you again, in many different ways. Do not be afraid when you see me. Know it is I and feel my peace. I will always be with you."

Kory promised to look for the moments and understand when he saw them, her.

Kory held this grand gesture close to him and slowly began to unlock its secrets with her help. He quickly learned that its power was meant to be shared with anyone who would accept it. But he was in control of how he did so. He immediately embarked on the greatest adventure of his life to share tiny bites of his gift with the hungry, the fatigued. Some ate; some did not. But Kory followed the guidance of those eyes, and they served him well, bringing so much happiness to himself and others. And he never forgot to pay attention when she visited him. In whatever form she appeared, Kory always knew.