With an open heart and mind, plus a little effort, there is much joy to be found all around you.And for some reason you may have to learn how to find it. Gain a sense of what it looks like. Sounds like. Feels like.
It is beyond fun.
I am telling you it lasts way longer than just plain old fun.
Way longer.
Mostly because it is like this living, breathing being. Your partner in all the things you do, the efforts you make and the commitments you honor.
Now this may sound dumb, but it can be found in some of the oddest places.
Like at a practice.
Working after class with your calc teacher to understand differential equations.
Struggling to master an adagio.
Tutoring a youngster to speak English.
Little things that bring more than just fun.
Something far deeper than happiness.
So let me ask you this:
You ever really listen to what it sounds like when you are having a great practice?
Capture that sensation when you solve a linear partial differential equation on your own?
Feel the deliberate, meandering nature of a well executed adagio ?
Or share in the sense of wonderment that comes with reading your first sentence?
Little things that may not seem like all that much.
Instants that can dissipate before you know it.
But moments you can return to over and over and over again.
As often as you like.
Once you have been there.
And know what they look, sound and feel like.
That living, breathing being.
Partner in all the things you do. The efforts you make.
And the commitments you honor.
Joy.
(Came across this one from 2015.)
...my temporary assignment. 