Chapter 1
ECSTASY ...
It was a dark indigo summer’s night … with a full blue moon, eclipsed by sullen gray of clouds. Late into June with early beginnings of summer, and it was scorching, sultry. Heavy air wrapped itself like a thick blanket around her. Again, he firmly pressed his lips on hers and kissed her once more … she sighed. He was her Knight in shining armor, and she was graceful in his arms.
His heart melted like butter in silver warm moonlight—yet they were surrounded by indigo skies—helplessly they fell into loving embrace. With his gentle touch … a shared, sudden rush of passion.
It was their destined first day together … fate. Stars aligned and their paths crossed—star-crossed lovers—having met only hours ago. They didn’t really know one another, yet paradoxically they felt more familiar in each others arms than anywhere else.
Except for destined, magnetic attraction—a powerful lure that gave such an overwhelming pull of familiarity, they had much to learn about one another. He felt somewhat devious. After all, they were at a convent. Yet, he knew their embrace was more … so much more than just a lustful kiss. He was sure of this.
She was bewildered. Her usual style was to take her own sweet time, and really get to know him first—so she could feel sure. Then she would be able to discern who he was as a person and who they were to one another in relationship together. But, he already knew she was … the one! Love at first sight! He was optimistically, optimistic! She had suffered deep disappointment with love in the past—she was cautiously open to loving again. She was pessimistically optimistic … but interpreted this to be … Realistic!
Only a few hours earlier and … at his request, in the late afternoon, they decided to set up a treasure hunt for children of families camping at the convent for the annual spiritual family retreat. Their entire afternoon was dedicated to creating signs in the meadow with clues and messages for the children to follow in their quest of finding the treasure.
“Kinda’ like when you look for signs from above to guide you on your journey in life,” he laughed. “That’s what I do in my life all the time,” he told her, and smiled, “I’m on my journey, the sun is shining brightest golden ever, the birds are singing, everything is rhythm, and here we are, just the two of us, with you in my arms!”
“Oh, to bare your Soul!” she exclaimed, shooting her words, like arrows across the meadows—and she smiled as she gazed into his loving eyes, “Eyes are the windows to the Soul,” she said, “if we can but see clearly.” She looked at him deeply … inquisitively … wondering if somehow he perceived with depth too, and perhaps with a knowing more expansive and uplifted consciousness than she possessed. “Could it be that he is even more ahead of his time than I,” she thought.
"Sometimes it's all just too puzzling. Like the universe is throwing pieces of the puzzle of life at you ... and somehow you're supposed to put it all together and figure it out!" she said, feeling somewhat perplexed! ...