Beyond Time and Place
I did it! I finally finished watching all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . This was no small feat as there were technical issues and competing demands on my time along the way; however, I finally finished. Woohoo! The last few minutes of the final episode showed flashbacks of the different characters and key events in their lives during the series. Seeing these events stirred something within me to recall certain milestones along the journey of my life. For example: Spending my last night in Grandma's house in Austin with a faint realization that I would never set foot in there again. As I dropped the keys in the mailbox I simply looked at the door, placed my hand upon it, and took a deep breath of air knowing this was it. It is moments like that in which I feel an overwhelming peace and joy, not the fake happiness and contentment that the world gives, but the deeply rooted feeling of security knowing everything was okay in sp...