Sense of Self

Every once in a while,
we each get the opportunity to step
past ourselves and meet the
real humanity that exists outside our
self-centered purview.

My time came last week, at an orphanage
in Mexico.
Giving for the sole purpose of the gift-
the gift of time, energy, caring-
made me whole in a way I've missed for a while.

The true test of its impact
will be when reality returns full force-will it return,
running towards me, self-absorption in tow?
Or will I see past the minutiae that bogs down my
sense of others?