Tuesday, February 16, 2010

La Liberté Dans Le Combat


Freedom in the Fight

On my way to work this morning, I was listening to a beautiful Johann Strauss piece. It was raw, passionate, romantic, and innocent all in one... It was a beautiful piece, and I wish I knew the title. While I was at a stop light, I noticed two balloons tangled on an electricity wire across the street. They were tied together on the wire, and couldn't be separated. During the sweet, soft parts of the songs, I noticed that they swayed together in unison. During the more rough and passionate parts of the songs, it seemed like they were almost fighting. They struggled to pull away from each other and get loose. The wind pulled them in every direction, but despite their fight, they were tied together... It's how they were supposed to be. I got the impression, that if they just got through the rough winds together, that their liberation from the wire would be that much greater, because they got through it together. They were able to prevail during something that seemed so hard at the time, to make their journey worth while in the end. Their struggle together brought them freedom in the end. They never let go... they didn't let the rough winds tear them apart... and because of that, they were able to sway together slowly again.

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