Wonder, beauty, joy…what do you think of when you hear these words?

Is it a place that you think of? Maybe some where in the mountains overlooking a wide horizon of sky and sea that spreads over the land?

Maybe a time when you experienced these enotions, like being a teenager and getting your first real kiss. Everything is so fresh and new, so exciting and scary.

Well, whatever it is to you, I know that these words described a major time in my life. A time when I was ontop of the world and could take on anything that came my way.

There was a special girl there too, she was my everything. She was my wonder, beauty and my joy; she was my sparkling oceans and clear skies; she was my mountains and my lakes; she was the night sky twinkling from up above that smiled so sweetly upon the world, a world inwhich we do not deserve such beauty.

A world filled with kaos and suffering, some often ask why we live as such. The answer is simple, with out suffering there would be no compassion or love.