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Javon Moore Period 3 The history of the meadows that overlook the mountains goes like this. My family and I were driving to Kansas for a basketball tournament. The funny thing is we had to make a stop for my brother so he could go to the bathroom, on the side of the road. We got out so everyone else could stretch while he went to do his thing. As soon as I got out and took a look to the west I was memorized. I stared into the distance as I was watching the most beautiful and panoramic sunset of my life. I couldn’t draw away form it. It was unconditional beauty. The stunning white peaks of the mountains were a soft yellow-orange and the clouds and sky were a beautiful array of blues, oranges, pinks, and reds. I had never seen anything like it before and may never again, but that is ok. During my experience everything around me, everyday civilization disappeared. My senses heightened. I could hear the wind and the whisper of it as it flew by my ears. I could taste the air, the fresh meadow air. I could see the colors more vividly in the sky. I could feel the breeze and feel it touch everywhere on my body. I could smell all the scents of the grass and the nature around me. The sensational rush I felt at that moment will be instilled within me for the rest of my life. I remember my dad saying, “Javon, Javon! Hurry up, we got to keep going!” I didn’t respond. At that moment nothing mattered. Basketball, School, and all my work and stresses in life didn’t matter. All that mattered was living life to its best. The sight was like a canvas in a painting, unimaginable in real life. Everything was perfect. When I am here I know who I am and what I am meant for in this life and nothing can break that away from me. The moment was amazing. It didn’t need a picture because a moment that incredible can never be erased from the mind, even without a photographic memory it would dwell within your thoughts everyday. In a place like this you can lose yourself in nature. You can laugh because nobody cares. You can sing and express yourself because nobody can here you. When you are here, you know who you are and where you’re from.