On my travels one day, I saw a skunk. Not one dead by the side of
the road. Not one scurrying in the dark. It was a medium sized guy ambling
across a campus road just after dawn. There were no other cars or people, so I
had the opportunity to stop and watch. It had a clean and shiny coat. It didn’t
seem to have a care in the word, pausing to sniff, then moving on. Also sharing
this space with me were some squirrels, deer and geese.
It's hard to describe what I felt.
Wonder. Peace. Community. Part of a larger world that included all these other
beings. It all adds up to awe.
