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I watched her sipping her coffee, as we sat at the outdoor café in the busy don section of the city She seemed somehow more at peace today, even relaxed and of course she was always ever beautiful

She glanced over at me and smiled, "So what's next boss?"

She had a direct way about her that spoke of confidence This was the Maria I wason all around us, "What do you see?"

She looked away fro to life, as the ht through the scattered high-rises to touch the stea pavement below She took her time in her assessment, but eventually her eyes came back to me and she said, "The normal hustle and bustle of a city that one would expect to see at 9 o'clock in the ?"

I reached my hand across the table and left it open before her, "I want you to see what I not only see, but also perceive going on all around us"

She looked at my outstretched hand for a moment and then reached hers out toward it

"Put the coffee cup down" I said softly

Her gaze came up to mine and she complied, even as her outstretched hand hesitantly fitted into lanced all around us

"What do you feel?" I asked cal! I see…… feel everything!"

I shook ht now itis the ht of so more than this?" Maria asked incredulously, as she put a hand to her forehead as if she had a sudden headache

"Yes, butis my interpretation of that which is ative or positive action"

Maria was shaking her head as her eyes rapidly blinked, "How do you stay sane? This is overwhel!"

I squeezed her hand and her eyes came back to mine, "This isn't the part that will drive you crazy Maria What will drive you crazy is if you can see what you are right now and do nothing about it"

Maria's head jerked around and she started to rise, but I pulled her back down

"That man across the street he just stole that old woman's purse!" Maria exclairip on her hand