It isn’t very often I find something that is beyond the perception of my senses. Until now only two things were on that list – they were the oceans of the world, and the stars over my head in the night sky, when I am fortunate enough – to be in a dark place. They are both beyond my psychological and spiritual comprehension. Academically, I understand each of them, but that knowledge seems to be the least of their ability to affect my life. They both have always made me have feelings very deep inside me – which I can’t explain – but I definitely feel.

I have now added a third item to my awe-inspiring list – the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I just took my first visit to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I’ve been to the South Rim and thought it was wonderful but the North Rim gave me the same inner-calm feeling I get watching the waves roll in from points unknown and wash across my bare feet in the sand – then disappear into mother-earth only to rejoin the sea again over and over for the next thousand years. The North Rim is truly spectacular.

Looking over the edge of the North Rim I get the same kind of internal quietness that I get watching the stars on a dark night – there is something quieting for the inner self watching the night sky and seeing light for the first time that was created millions of years ago.

I have tried to find words to convey my feelings and I can’t. I feel totally insignificant, and yet at the same time, very proud, fortunate, and important to be a part of such a wondrous phenomenon we call the universe.