I was standing on the Oudburg this morning.  It’s my street.  Talking to Laurens in front of his restaurant.  We were both excited because planes are in our very near future.

Tomorrow Laurens flies to Thailand with his partner for a two-week vacation … lots of hiking.  On Friday Bruce flies to Boston, USA for a nine-day silent meditation retreat.

Our four eyes were bright with anticipation, and we were enjoying the joy of one another.

And then Salut!  We walked off into our days.

As I strolled away, I felt the upturn of my mouth.  The smile was wide … and it continued.  Over the Zuivelbrug bridge, onto the Langemunt shopping street, to now in Izy Coffee.

And I got to thinkin’.

I remembered past moments when I watched two people leave their conversation with a wave … walking away … smiling.  And how precious those images still are.

Happiness that has no period at the end of a sentence.  No borderline that keeps the experience inside a box.  It continues to flow out into the open air, available to the next human being who comes our way.

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Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you’ll know what I mean

“Let Your Love Flow” (The Bellamy Brothers)