Jessica Gallo
Music Untamed, Jessica Gallo, March 2021.
Santiago, Chile is nestled in a lush valley encircled by the Andes mountains…or so the map told me. I’d been living there for weeks and had not even seen a glimpse of the peaks due to the smog. Truthfully, I’d nearly forgotten they existed until one rain-washed morning I stepped outside and stopped in my tracks at the sight before my eyes.
The majestic beauty and startling “thereness” of the Andes pierced me and healed me synchronously, for the Presence I felt was not solely that of the mountains. In that moment my soul heard the words of the Divine Friend who bears many names, “See, dear one? I’ve been here all along.” The veil of sadness and isolation I’d felt for too long lifted and I sensed a deep knowing that I had never been alone – even in those times, I thought I must be.
Not so very long ago I shared my experience with a dear friend and she was moved, not even so much by the specifics of the story but by the presence of tears streaming down my cheeks in retelling this twenty-year-old memory. When you receive a kiss from heaven it’s not something you soon forget. For just a moment, the unseen was made visible and the encounter changed me profoundly. I accept that reality encompasses more than my eyes can see and I will not seek to tame this mystery.
