Something Beautiful Happened This Morning

I spotted a long-standing acquaintance in town this morning and went across to tap him on the shoulder to say hello - I'd spoken to his wife a couple of weeks ago who told me he was going through 'a bit of a time' health-wise (oh that wonderful English use of the understatement!). He's having a rough time of it, yet he was and looked very positive. He remarked on the fact that I looked 'very well', 'yes, really well', and I replied that since my own - I'll call it 'significant life-event' here even though I do dislike that phrase so - over five years ago now I have felt increasingly good to the point where I now feel better and more positive about life than I have ever done. We then stood and mused a while at how an initially devastatingly negative experience turns out to have very positive outcomes.
A positive, inspirational and uplifting exchange for me, and for him, I think/hope. 
Which, on my way home, led me to thinking about my 'Fragility Spheres' (first posted on 28/9 and 17/8/2012) - hence the introductory narrative. They started out as a reflection on the fragility of life and have evolved into a meditation on positives emerging from devastation/desolation. 
I will go into this further in my next post. Here I simply want to log this very evocative song, perfectly befitting this theme and a nice preamble to the second phase in the Fragility Spheres project. I've been waiting for the right time to post this link; today's the day:

the lyrics pertinent and poignant;  
  

'The Opening' by Ane Brun and the Fleshquartet

"Ane Bruns Kommentar zu dem Titel:
'The Opening' is a song whose lyrics and melody were written by myself with the music and production handled by the Fleshquartet. I got the script for the very last Wallander film, and wrote these lyrics inspired by the main character. It's about trying to move forward when you find yourself at a standstill. It's an encouraging song about daring to take a step in any direction when you feel stuck. Sometimes it's just a small step or a short conversation - or sometimes just a single word - that can set off the necessary process of change. (soundcloud.com)"

the last Wallander series mesmerizing.