Some of the most beautiful moments are those that pass quickly and remain uncaptured, existing only in memory. Moments you alone can testify to. I experienced one yesterday as a driver carried us along the ever-bustling, truck-filled highway out of Manila.
At
one point, a small paddock appeared beside the road. In it were five or six
children and a single horse.
The
scene was joyous. They were running and playing together. The horse pranced,
tossing its long, flowing mane. The children ran alongside it, smiling and
laughing, some with their hands lifted high.
I
saw them for only a moment before another row of concrete block and tin-roofed
buildings slid into place and the paddock was gone.
But
I know what I saw, and that is enough to sustain me for several dry years.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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