Then out of the blue…

something lovely happens…

So something good happens… At last!  Sometimes life feels full of sadness,mediocrity, boredom and drama so, when something good comes along, it is important to embrace it, live it and enjoy it.  It is crucial to live in the present moment, feel and savour every second because this immediate event will not last and it would be all to easy to allow its impermanence to spoil the joy.

And now, it is over.  And, of course, because life is as it is I want more.  I always want these moments to last longer, to repeat themselves more often.  It is “dukkha” – the suffering that occurs because everything in the ordinary, unenlightened life is ultimately unsatisfactory and changes, passes away.  So in these hours, days, weeks after the something magical and lovely, I have to be aware.  I have to be on guard against suffering unduly.  I have to be aware of my emotions, my tendency to be sad and regretful.  I have to stay calm and focussed, grateful that life offers these gems of happiness.

The problem with wonderful events is that life can become a roller coaster!  I have experienced this so often – especially over the past year.  I could have  ran down the flower edged grassy bank with glee resulting in a messy fall, crashing   in a heap at the bottom.  So I ran down that bank more mindfully, with more awareness. Remembering the importance of valuing and rejoicing in those lovely, gleeful, special events because they light up my life, my heart, my soul.  They show me that I can be happy, content and at peace.

So now I am keeping those wonderful hours alive in memories.  Not to live in the past but to help me through sadder days – to help me climb those hills, clamber over the jagged rocks.  Those few hours helped heal deep cuts and grazes caused by my recent crashes and falls.   And those magical hours have not left me empty!  They have left me with a deep, beautiful, loving, spiritual friendship which means the world to me.

So I continue to walk along my path holding onto the joy, peace and happiness I found.  I have had to clamber over a couple of rocks today but I have used these new tools to help me negotiate a safe path and climb over in one piece.