I’m falling

scene:-
Local pub, 7PM at nite, me n a friend just soaking up the atmosphere of holiday makers using our town.
It is warm, mild and there is absolutely no wind.
From an adjacent table 2 tourists talk..
1: “I like this place it has beauty and the people are friendly, it’s just that I am looking for something else.. one day I will find it.”
2: ” You are hard to please, will you know it when you find it?”

Being as I am ..curious, I excused myself and asked just what it was that would make the person happy… “I dont know, one day it will happen and I will know?”
‘How much would you pay for this ‘special’ event’ I asked. “50 to 100 dollars would seem the rate” expressed the tourist.
“Would you accept that I can show you a place to which you have never been and that once experienced you can never return and I will not accept payment until you have experienced it?” I asked.
They both agreed it would be acceptable if the price were right.
“OK” I replied “my price is my own satisfaction that I have satisfied your demand along with 30 dollars each, I can provide this attraction only one at a time do you accept?” They did and asked when, my answer was ‘now, immediately.’ both accepted.
Less than a block from the pub was a boat ramp with my kayak secured to a tree, 4 of us walked to the now darkened ramp. “who is first I asked knowing full well who would want to go first” “take off your shoes, you are going to enter the water” I said and placed my kayak beside her.
She sat as instructed in the kayak ahead of me and I pushed off into the darkened water. The water was glass clear as I expected and the moon was low in the east, stars filled the clear sky. “please do not speak to me, this is just for you, you will know when we get to where we are going.” I said.
10 minutes paddling and we were in the middle of ‘Swan Bay’ a large expanse of water n a still water area where the horizon seem miles away.
I stopped paddling…. just drifted forward… Then I heard her suck in her breath, she swore, then amazingly began to cry… “Oh sh*it there are so many stars” she said
I knew then I had 30 bucks,the sky full of stars was reflected in the glass clear water, we seemed to be floating in space. stars above us and stars below us she was sobbing so much that I touched her shoulder to bring her back to reality.
On the return trip she never spoke to me.. I am used to that. all I asked that she did not tell her friend where we had been.
60 bucks is easy to make in 40 mins … but it still freaks me out to float in a space full of stars, there are no ripples to remind you that you are in water. it is an incredible personal journey.
Her friend? ” Jesus! I’m falling”… I had another 30 bucks.
Am I mercinary? no not really I go to that same place sometimes to just be alone… believe me it frightens the hell out of me.. when you cant or dont see the profile of the kayak in front of you it seems your floating in space, there are too many stars it can scare you.
You are one with your maker, it is extremely personal.