As we were walking along the side of the snow filled street, we came upon a family of starving people. They were suffering from frost-bite and their faces were red with blisters and sores. We (my friends) stopped and walked through the even deeper snow bank to help pull these poor souls back onto the street – with the intention of bringing them to shelter, and helping them in every way we could.

When we finally got close to them we suddenly realized that they were not sick. They were not starving either. They were not even cold. When I looked around us in a group, my friends and this family we went to rescue, there was not snow. All that was left of the ice and snow had melted away and felt cool and refreshing against my feet. I could feel the warmth of a perfect sun that was perfectly warm and not too hot on our skin.

The faces of this family were beaming with a healthy glow, and they put their hands on our shoulders. They smiled quietly and never spoke a word. There leader was a woman. She came close to me and hugged me. In my ear she whispered, “There is no need to be cold. There is no need to struggle as you walk your journey, there is not need to fear. You and your friends are the same as us. You are perfect, warm, beautiful, and your journey is one of great glory.”

When I woke up from this dream, I felt like a warm protective blanket was wrapped around me. This feeling of peace and love never left me until later in the day when the normal events of toil and work took consumed my attention.

When I came home from work, there was a DVD in my mailbox that I had ordered from Amazon.com. The DVD was called Brother Sun Sister Moon. I watched it just now with my wife Emma. This movie is the story of Francis of Assisi, and it was beautiful and amazing. This was the end to a perfect day.

When we think of love, peace, and bliss, it is impossible to worry and be fearful. When we stop worrying about the trivia of life, and begin living, all those worrisome things begin to fade away.