We all know the sayings, the quotes and the verses. We all know what to say to ourselves, to others, to our family and even a well meaning stranger on the street. Yes, you know the perfect answer to the everyday question...How are you doing? Let's say it together "FINE"!!! Now, granted there are a few scrooges otherwise known as pessimist who always seem to find the worst possible answer to conjure up. But tonight I am referring to the average person.
Somewhere, along the timeline of our life we traded our unspoiled childhood wonderment for Adulthood, for lack of a better word. Thinking back to Land of the Lost, Pop Rocks and metal wheel roller skates, life seemed so simple. Whatevever the moment, I was in it. Feeling each scraped knee, the sound of a soda can in the spokes of a bike tire and the sweetness of a watermelon Now and Later! Oh Joy...simple, pure and unadulterated.
In a world, so advanced yet so backwards in many ways, I encourage you to return to joy. Some of you may feel that the bills are too overwhelming, the death of a loved one or the pain of divorce have created so much distance from that place in your spirit. But it's still there under all of that stuff.
Don't be afraid to be alone with yourself. Get quiet, yes, that means no Ipod, phone, TV, Facebook, email etc. And just listen. You are listening to your own thoughts, your own dreams and that child within who still finds joy in the simple things!
