I am joy. So filled am I with the feeling of complete
happiness that have become joy itself. I have stood on a cliff top and shouted
with glee to passing dolphins, I have thanked a Kookaburra (out loud) for
posing for photos, I have felt the presence of spirit in age old rocks and
watched with sheer gratitude and awe the magnificence of the ocean, and all on
my morning walk! Yes, it's true, I am blessed. Blessed to live where I do,
blessed to have the time to walk but above all blessed to see what I see.
I see wonder and
glory everywhere. I always have. I have never verbalised that before. Apparently
not everybody sees the world like this. What a shame.
I walked through a shopping centre the other day, It was
madness. The energy was palpable as people fretted over gifts for Christmas and
wrangled cranky toddlers who made it known that they were in no
mood for shopping. Amongst it all a small child stood next to a shopping
trolley whilst her mother was delving deep into a "sale" stand of
towels. The small girl had a brochure unfolded of the shopping centre floor
plan and was patiently explaining to her baby sister, who would have been no
more than 3 months old, with great detail, the various shops and where they
were located. She had her head close to the baby and was very serious in her
task. The baby was oblivious to her sisters words and the brochure that was
being held in front of her face, her eyes were locked on her big sister and she
was smiling. There was so much love between them.
I wasn't standing there staring....this was just a snapshot
as I walked past. Like a Polaroid that just popped out in my mind. I had
captured a moment in time and seen pure love. That picture stayed with me all
day.
I truly do pity those who cannot see the beauty that is
around us. I gain so much when I have witnessed, quite by chance, the
perfection of life. It makes me wonder how many people are given these examples
but never register what they are seeing. Perhaps it takes practice, perhaps we
need to spend less time being in the world and more time being of the world. I only know that it brings
me joy, so I highly recommend being a seeker of seeing. Of course there is
plenty of ugliness out there too, I am very aware of that, however, I have
found that the more you see the beauty, the more you see the beauty.
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