Moments in Your Life
A while back I took a stroll down to the beach at sunset. It was one of those spectacular displays that casts a rosy glow, seemingly over the entire creation. There were a few wisps of white clouds in the sky, and as the sun sank lower on the horizon, the clouds became tinged with pink. Within a few moments, they had changed color entirely as they totally absorbed the brilliant hue of the sun. Venus began to be visible in the western sky.
I look to the east, and saw the nearly full moon rising huge and golden. I watched as the sky changed from one glorious shade to another. I was so enthralled with this exquisite display that I felt nearly full to overflowing with what I can only call unbounded joy.
The next day I found myself starting to succumb to a difficult moment in my work. Perhaps because this irksome note was in such contrast to the continued delight I had been feeling from the previous evening, and because that enjoyment had been so complete, I immediately recalled that sunset. Instantly the difficulty was overshadowed by the re-creation of the joy I�d experienced the night before. It wasn�t that I was living in the past, but that by an act of will I was able to bring that joy to the present.
As the days and weeks passed, I found I was able to tap into that joy again and again, and to absorb it into the present moment. Even now, months later, I�m still getting mileage from that sunset.
We all have these moments in our lives. They are available to us in one degree or another every single day. We can find them in the smile of someone we love, or in the smile of someone we don�t eve know. We can find them in the hug of a child, in the presence of a friend, or the touch of a lover.
Think about the times in your life when you�ve been overcome with joy. It�s in those moments that you�re in love with yourself and everyone else. It�s in those moments you believe you can conquer the world. It�s in those moments that you dare to imagine how you want your life to be.
It�s from that imagination and that belief and that love that we can and do create our lives.
Think about the things that bring you joy, then make a point of connecting with as many of them as possible, as often as possible.