things you never want to wake up to, your car completely flooded sitting in a sink hole from where a water main broke over night. scene outside my window. the strangest things can happen when you're sleeping, or supposed to be sleeping, life has a funny way of pulling out the rug, or whatever that term is in buddhism, or zen, the slap across the face by the master, whap goes the broomstick, and suddenly, through the complete and utter absurdity of it all, comes complete and utter clarity, that moment of understanding, of bliss, or nirvana one might say. different words to describe the same thing, the first opening eyes of a child, the belief in god, a faith in love, an acceptance of life and destiny.