For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.
For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.
It was strange, I reflected.. that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from home and familiarity, there were these moments of undeniable joy.
Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new language can move, coil, swim into life under the eyes, the almost savage leap of comprehension, the instantaneous, joyful release of meaning, the way the words shed their printed bodies in a flash of heat and light.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories