Seascapes and Sand

The novel is fiction. It deals with the momentous ‘sea’ changes in the political world that we set our hopes on with a glimpse of the world of universal love. Too often we find that we have built on sand in both arenas. But should we not have built at all? The honest sparks of love keep us going, often unrequited, but they remain love nevertheless. With them a gentle constancy unfolds amidst the tides of the ever-changing ‘seas.’ In time the initial sparks become a light as we patiently labor on. And labor we must, in order to discover what is worth holding on to. At the portal to the land of universal love no tourist information booth is erected that offers maps with shortcuts. Nothing is given for free. All must be won. This makes the journey more precious, even as we stumble and fall and pick ourselves up. Surprisingly, with the struggling our world becomes brighter, as we find a greater brightness within. - The novel is an episode of the epic series, The Lodging for the Rose.