Fr. Frank Majka, SJ – The Bridge

A Pleasant Afternoon

I’d been sitting outside a coffee shop on a June afternoon. It was sunny with enough of a breeze to add a touch of coolness, and I nursed my cup of coffee for over an hour while several other people sat at tables reading just like me.

Afternoons like this don’t come that often. Everything fit together into one peaceful whole, from the smell of the flowers planted next to the building to the sight of leaves perfectly placed on the tree branches. Time slowed down and I even closed my eyes for a short nap.

It’s might not have been paradise, but it came pretty close.