I don't know what God is....

I dont know what God is, but what I do know is that every once in a while I encounter moments that take my breath away. It was a beautiful summer morning just a couple of weeks back and my tennis sparring partner Todd and I were out on the tennis courts, battling it out. Between serves, Todd remarked how perfect it was right then, adding, "this must be what heaven is like, except I wish we could play better tennis". I could'nt agree with him more. We are both actually pretty decent club level players, but unforced errors, missed putaways, double faults - we have a good share of those too... The weather was just right, a mix of sun and clouds, birds singing, feeling fit, plenty of time to play till we got tired, and to crown it, this occasional waft of breeze heavily laden with the sweetest fragrance you can imagine from a huge honeysuckle blossom nearby...ahhhh....Then I got thinking about what he had just said about his game, playing that out in my mind. In the imaginary realm where every serve, every shot was great, things would probably get boring pretty quickly. It started to dawn on me that in a strange way, the struggle with the game, the drive to be better, the occasional frustration with a shot that you know you could have done better, actually added to how perfect it was - and there it was, my aha, magical breathtaking moment. On our next pause in the game I told Todd what I was thinking. I said you know what, it is really just perfect the way it is, the skies, the flowers, all of it along with the muffed tennis shots, I would'nt want it any other way right now. He seemed to agree, shrugged, started to walk back towards his baseline, turned abruptly and asked "Wait, are you religious?". But I've already told you I don't know what God is.

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