May 5, 2015

THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME

All of us contain the best thing

          that ever happened to us.

Did anybody ever ask you that question?

          “What was the best thing

          that ever happened to you?”

A radio station in New York City

          gives a hundred dollars

          for the answer.

We all hold the answer to the question

          somewhere inside of us,

          in our file system.

We hold the memory of the day

          we won the boy or girl

          that we always wanted,

          or won the race,

          or the scholarship,

          or decided to quit the job,

          or move and start again.

Or it might have been

          that second honeymoon

          to the Bahamas,

          or simply a week-end

          away from the kids,

          or a quiet retreat

          by the shore.

We all have our inner vault,

          where we bank

          not only the terrors of life,

          the deaths and disappointments,

          but also all those right moments

          that changed our lives.

And like being asked our favorite movie or song,

          after a little effort,

          we can all name

          the most important day

          of our life.

It might have been a Columbus-like

          self-discovery

          and maybe someday

          it might contain God.