When was the last time you went to bed without worrying about anything, with a smile carved on your lips, without the obvious tension in your forehead, and with a hopeful heart that tomorrow will bring nothing but joy and blessings?
When was the last time you woke up in the morning oozing with the passion to start the day right, with arms stretched as wide as the Pacific willing to take all challenges and adversaries head-on, with heads up high confident and graceful that all is well despite all that is yet to make sense?
When was the last time you slowed down? That moment when you are entirely still and grounded? No phones in your hand to distract the intricate thoughts moving past your mind. With energies all focused on the present, on the things that are here and now. When was the last time?
This morning, I had a quick run; my 2nd recovery run I should say after I fell ill earlier this month. It was slow but sweet and on my way home, I found an unusual peace that radiated from the sun's gleaming beam and through my heart and my soul. Although I've always been at peace no matter what, today was profoundly exceptional. The kind of peace that you couldn't stop but feel like you're floating in the air; everything else feels so light even the ones that used to weigh me down. The kind of peace that tells you it's okay to slow down; that things will fall right where they should be regardless of current circumstances.
I often feel this feeling whenever I watch the sun rise or the sun set by the bay or on top of the mountains but this morning, all I had to do was look around and find joy in all that's within my reach or the fact that I'm alive, that my spine's still intact, that I'm not getting any surgery and never will be, that dreams will come to life nevermind the delay.
We are all in search of so many things - fame, power, money, glory. Unfortunately, some might have lost their balance along the way. In a complex world such as the one we're living in now, I'd never trade peace and joy for anything else. I've been there; I've lost my balance once. And to have found the peace the world or anything or anyone in it couldn't give is indeed a luxury many couldn't afford.
I hope you are on your way to finding yours.
