The Ritual of a Shining Coin
Yesterday, I found a shiny coin in my pocket, it must have been there from my last trip. The coin in shiny and not been touched by so many hands… with very nice marking on it of a dolphin in water.
The coin is made of aluminum alloy, and it is so reflective, you think it is a mirror. I wondered how much work has been done to make it like this.
My memories took me back to the days I had to make some copper pieces shine as a mirror, to do this I had to use some rough abrasive surface then use less rough surfaces till the copper starts to have a golden red surface. To make it look like a mirror I had to use special velvet fabric and some diamond paste and force the copper plates to that surface, and just like magic, it is a mirror…
Then would take that little copper piece, and put it under a microscope, you can not imagine what is there, there are millions of grooves and shiny little mirrors, all made of copper… the chemical analysis showed it was not copper element alone, it was an alloy mixed of other metals…
I flash back to today, looked at myself on a surface of water, looking at my tired eyes, I wondered how many grooves life has left on my copper sheet… till it has covered it totally with rust and dirt…
It is this coin that is making me think that journey in life should not be in time only, it has to do with the inner valleys and mountains … since early years and I see these hills turning into mountains, while trying to hide scratches they became deeper and deeper…
In the last few years, I took out my camping equipment and set to walk the long road to discover my rusty coin… that road is a whole life itself… I met again all those who I forgot about, but still can not meet those who scratched …
I lost my compass… and got lost … my coin stayed rusty… I always fear darkness and new roads…
Love…friendship… war… lot of disappointments … false hope…did their job in distracting my attention, my coin was only getting rougher and uglier… love was not enough …
One day Jesus smiled at me … He showed me a face … then He told me “love will touch your heart…” I believed Him, but did not understand His warm heavenly smile… mixing up His messages …
At my weakest times… another call came telling me to have hope… what was that… another call came in… it is time for you to fight… go and get your coin ready to shine again…
I woke up … there were some pictures near my bed… with a little note… look at these people … they are your diamonds… use them… sign… Your Heart…
My heart was crying ... screaming … please… love me…
I still have a long road to fight through… the good fight is not over yet… actually it just started… this time the fight is for ………………….forgiveness…
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
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