A Mini-Feeling

I have felt this way before. I remember this feeling, only this time it's a smaller feeling than it was the other times. Though it appears still to affect the pit of my stomach, I have plenty of wind in my sails. It's funny how feelings vary in intensity, or degree, though they are the same in kind. The tears are behind my eyes, not in them. The smile remains on my face. Still, I feel it.