Reflect

If we’re lucky, we get at least one moment in our lives when the incredible artistic creation of other humans stuns us with its creativity, complexity, vision, and sheer beauty. We get to see the sunlight streaming through the intricate stained glass high in a cathedral wall, gaze up from the base of a Mayan pyramid, stand mere steps from a Van Gogh masterpiece, or hear the musician we’ve wanted to hear our whole lives. Such encounters are nothing short of transcendent. Our knees go weak, our eyes burn with tears. Somehow, through these great artistic creations, we’re connected not only to the magnificence of the art itself but to everyone who has ever stood where we’ve stood, seen what we’ve seen, sung the songs we’re singing. We remember that despite all our flaws, humans can create enormous beauty and splendor that expresses and elevates our lived experience.