If you venture out one day, look for the meadow. Follow the melody of your favorite song until you find the path that is sometimes made by two rows of trees. The meadow lies where the sky and ground meet, where the stars sometimes touch the flowers, or where the water meets the sunset. The meadow can be filled with the most beautiful flowers in all colors, and together they sometimes dance with the cool breeze that sways you with the same melodies that got you to this point.
However, it isn’t until you reach the center of this meadow that the magic of this once kept secret takes its full effect. Once you have walked to the center point of this meadow, be sure to look back, for you’ll find that the way in which you came is no longer there. The path of trees is certainly still there, so that if you choose to leave, you’ll know the way. Other than that, the meadow’s dome fully surrounds you, sunshine seeming to shine down from all around, but every time you search for it the sun is always in your view, never in front of you.
At this point you may turn away from the tree path, facing forward and walking to what appears to be a cliff. Go towards it, and what you see will explain why I say that sometimes there are stars rather than suns. Or why there is sometimes water rather than flowers. This meadow is sometimes never a meadow at all. Once it was a beach, calm waves and a sky full of stars. Another time it was doorway to a castle, but for you, for anyone really… this place will never be the same.
Now, look down near the edge of that cliff. Are there footprints? Pawprints? Perhaps a note or a small toy. Follow the footprints, but have no fear, you won’t fall off this cliff or drown in the water. You are safe here. Pay attention to what you find and continue forward. Keep walking until you reach the fog. Stop. Don’t move into the fog. Just wait, and with time the fog might disappear. It may turn to into sparkly dust. It may become snowflakes. Regardless, once it clears look closely.
This is when you’ll see them.
I can’t tell you who you’ll see or how they might look exactly, but I can tell you that whoever shows up is someone who you love very much, someone who loves you very much. Whoever you find at the meadow will be someone who needed to see you one more time, in a beautiful setting like the one you’ll find. Take a deep breath and enjoy the moment. When you’re ready… the trees will guide you back.
