Comments on: On the Steps of St. Thomas, 5th Avenue http://www.peelingonion.com/2010/01/on-the-steps-of-st-thomas-5th-avenue#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Jayson Vucovich's Periodic Insights Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:36:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.peelingonion.com/2010/01/on-the-steps-of-st-thomas-5th-avenue/comment-page-1#comment-87 Andrew Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:34:53 +0000 http://www.peelingonion.com/?p=92#comment-87 Jayson, this is beautiful. Thank you for turning your profound experience into meaningful words to share with us. Jayson, this is beautiful. Thank you for turning your profound experience into meaningful words to share with us.

]]> By: sara http://www.peelingonion.com/2010/01/on-the-steps-of-st-thomas-5th-avenue/comment-page-1#comment-86 sara Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:15:48 +0000 http://www.peelingonion.com/?p=92#comment-86 :) love it. :) love it.

]]> By: Jayson P Vucovich http://www.peelingonion.com/2010/01/on-the-steps-of-st-thomas-5th-avenue/comment-page-1#comment-84 Jayson P Vucovich Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.peelingonion.com/?p=92#comment-84 This was the kind of experience that left me literally standing on those steps shaking and in tears. I didn't want to put that into the actual post, but I stood there with tears streaming down my face next to my wise friend and mentor, Thomas, who was shocked. I pulled myself together while we walked to Rockefeller Center and I tried to explain what I was feeling, but couldn't do so without crying (in joy). But he understood. It was so appropriate too that when we arrived at Rockefeller Plaza, there were thousands of people milling about. Strangers were offering to snap photos for friends and families so they could all be in them. The streets and sidewalks were overflowing, but nobody cut anyone off or pushed or shoved. Everyone was smiling and had lights glittering in their eyes. The whole evening was one of the most powerful events of my life. After all that, we met up with Thomas's partner, Greg, for Chinese Food. My fortune read: "Act as if it were impossible to fail." This was the kind of experience that left me literally standing on those steps shaking and in tears. I didn’t want to put that into the actual post, but I stood there with tears streaming down my face next to my wise friend and mentor, Thomas, who was shocked. I pulled myself together while we walked to Rockefeller Center and I tried to explain what I was feeling, but couldn’t do so without crying (in joy). But he understood.

It was so appropriate too that when we arrived at Rockefeller Plaza, there were thousands of people milling about. Strangers were offering to snap photos for friends and families so they could all be in them. The streets and sidewalks were overflowing, but nobody cut anyone off or pushed or shoved. Everyone was smiling and had lights glittering in their eyes. The whole evening was one of the most powerful events of my life.

After all that, we met up with Thomas’s partner, Greg, for Chinese Food. My fortune read: “Act as if it were impossible to fail.”

]]> By: Courtney http://www.peelingonion.com/2010/01/on-the-steps-of-st-thomas-5th-avenue/comment-page-1#comment-83 Courtney Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:57:27 +0000 http://www.peelingonion.com/?p=92#comment-83 w o w. I think you've just become a writer. (Its not everyday I read something that brings tears to my eyes.) w o w. I think you’ve just become a writer. (Its not everyday I read something that brings tears to my eyes.)

]]> By: Jayson P Vucovich http://www.peelingonion.com/2010/01/on-the-steps-of-st-thomas-5th-avenue/comment-page-1#comment-82 Jayson P Vucovich Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:36:27 +0000 http://www.peelingonion.com/?p=92#comment-82 This was a profound experience for me, but I'm not a writer. It's been tough to verbalize that moment of clarity and connection I felt in December. But it's been long enough sitting as a draft on wordpress that I needed to put it out into the world. This was a profound experience for me, but I’m not a writer. It’s been tough to verbalize that moment of clarity and connection I felt in December. But it’s been long enough sitting as a draft on wordpress that I needed to put it out into the world.

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