Fireworks

 

Just thinking about fireworks today.  I’ve been seeing (or rather hearing) a lot of fireworks going off in my neighborhood the last week and expect some more today and tomorrow.

Several years ago I had a chance to watch the Detroit/Windsor fireworks show and I was pretty amazed.  The beauty, magnitude and force of the display left me in complete awe.  I remember sitting on the riverbank and watching this enormous colorful burst and seconds later hearing then feeling the concussion of the blast.   I’m no genius, but I imagine the further you’re away from the origination point the longer it takes to realize the impact.

So I’m thinking that some pretty great and amazing things have happened in my life…my lifetime…even before I was born.  I’m thinking there have been some great displays of love, beauty, grace, friendship that would dwarf even the most awesome display of fireworks.  I’d like to think I at least have or had an eye to recognize them, but I know I’ve still not felt the concussion.

So I patiently wait.  Eyes and Ears wide open.