It's good to have a little moment.

The city was on fire. She looked around as she walked down her street and saw the blue and red and yellow and white fire peaking through the trees and bushes and thought how marvelous it looked, to have light bursting through the trees. She stopped when she passeed a black rod iron gate: the entrance to the garden stopped her and all she could do was stare at the dimly lit courtyard hidden behind shrubs and flowers and as she stood her ground she felt the earth beneath her feet, the first time she felt grounded in a while.

"It's been a while since I've been outside. What have I been locking myself up for? Money? Vain Sucess? An empty future."

The courtyard reminded her of the ones she'd pass when walking the streets of Spain. She remember how alive she felt when all life was about was people, and the relationships, and creation, and nature....and not will I get this job to get me this one to get me this one to get me a dress to wear to a party so people will like me to get me a man to have a good future where we buy nice things and then die saying well gee i worked hard but i wish i had gone to spain that one time.

She kept walking except this time there was a smile on her face, one that came from the inside out, instead of the grimace she holds all day sitting in front of the computer.

From that moment off, things seemed a bit better; a lot better.