Illusive

Oh, that illusive message in a bottle!!!

I've always wanted to find one.

That treasure continues to elude me

but I've found plenty of others.

A lot of the "treasures"

that I value most, are snippets of thoughts that

I've scribbled on the back of a restaurant napkin,

or along side items on my grocery list.

I have candy wrappers with nearly

indecipherable doodles of thought

inked around the edges.

Theatre tickets and theatre programs all

bear my mark.

I have notebooks filled with little

scraps of paper, taped together,

glued to the pages.

I save them all.

When I go back and look through these

"treasures",

I remember exactly where I was and

what was happening.

I'll share an example.

After sitting on the beach, watching the waves -

"there is a delicate dance going on in my mind".

After watching a particular touching and emotional play -

"I have had an epiphany".

When I go back and read these thoughts,

these truly personal observations,

it helps me to want to write more, 

to be a better person, 

to be more creative,

to be the best ME possible.

And that's worth remembering.