As a wave breaks, it marks a moment in time.

It may be one of many, but it is one wave,
single, distinct, extraordinary.

Unique it is.

And through eons, and epochs, eras, and centuries—none before it have been like it, and none after can ever claim to be it.

Sometimes a Man and a Wave arrive at the same Moment in time, and celebrate the coincidence of their existence.

And though, through time, there be millions of others, both men and waves, there is but one moment.
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Each of them owe their existence and their moment in time to the same creator.

They both have a life, yet neither’s life, neither’s existence, can have any connection or bearing on the life or existence of the other, but for the moment in time.

For that Moment, there is a miraculous connection where the two lives, the existences, become one; and the One who created the Man, the Wave, and the Moment becomes one with them.

And the Man, the Wave, the Moment, and the Creator can but only

Smile.
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The wave will die.

The man’s life here will end.

The moment will pass; but the passing does not signal its end.

The Smile is one of those who know something.

Their confluence makes them witness to a poignant thing.

They Smile as they embrace this thing.

The Moment has come and gone fitting perfectly, precisely where it belongs.

Those who smile realize that Moments such as this are the rare, basic elements

that with alchemy and perspective become the fabric of legend.

Such Moments are from Him, for us to revere always.

These are things never to be forgotten.
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BLUE BARREL IS DEDICATED
TO THE VINCENT FAMILY.

REAL LIFE HEROES.

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