Our brains are the best computers ever, and the only one not
made by man. It is able to take pictures
of moments in our life, and immediately record them in our memory photo
album. I have been thinking lately of
one such moment and picture, that I see as clearly today as on the night my
brain recorded it.
I had recently moved to California, and although I knew I
was there to stay, everything at the time was new, fresh, delightful, and
exciting. So it was with my first trip
to Las Vegas, but this particular moment happened on the way home on Sunday
night. At the time there were few towns
between the edge of the LA basin, and Vegas, so there were miles and miles of
freeway, tons of vehicles, and darkness…lots, and lots, and lots of
darkness. There were times it seemed
endless, then in one spectacular moment, you crest Kellogg Hill and
there….spread out before you is the San Gabriel Valley.
It took my breath away, and I audibly gasped. I had never in my life seen such beauty. The whole valley sparkled, twinkled and
glistened in millions of jewels. Dressed
in Diamonds, Sapphires, Emeralds and Rubies, town after town, joined together
at the hip, made the valley the envy of those of the greatest wealth, because
this scene could not be bought by the richest of the rich. It was free, everyone rich or poor could
enjoy the splendor and everyone who came over Kellogg Hill at night got to
capture the scene in their memory camera.
Frankly, I sometimes wish I had a physical picture of that
moment in time; although I’m sure I would never drag out a physical album to
look at it…much less even remember what album it is in. So I am content with the picture in my mind,
it will be with me until I leave this earth…when I will be able to crest the
hill any time I please, and see the gleaming valley below.
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