when i get that feeling

so this is a really old picture, taken during SR, M and my's trip down to souther Yunnan province, a place called Xishuangbanna in chinese, near Myanmar (burma). this was a great sunset (picture never do a thing justice, do they?) after a nice bike ride through a small village, after a morning rafting trip down the mekong river. (it wasnt as hardcore as it sounds). maybe someday i will write more about that trip. what a great trip. anyway, i am sure most of yall have seen this, but i don't think it ever hurts to see it again. isnt this the kind of picture that just makes you want to thank god for giving us the chance to experience the beautiful world he has given us? i think one of the most tragic things is when we lose our sense of wonder about the world. i know i lose my sense of wonder many times a day, but then something like this just hits you, and you get this feeling in your gut that makes you want to laugh and cry and hug whoever is next to you. when does this feeling hit you guys? another time i get it is when i am enjoying a good meal with good friends and the conversation is just flowing, meaning and real, or when i hear a beautiful song with lyrics that really speak to me, like when don chaffer sings:

"when jesus raises up the dead, and gives sight to the blind; now there's a man that i can get behind."

-elias