This is newsworthy! This is what we should be bringing up in conversation.
It's easy to remember the house fire or major traffic accident on the morning news, but is that what we want to take with us through our day? Is that the energy we want flowing through us? Some people may think I'm naive and choosing an unrealistic view of the world when I look to the positive events and ignore the opposite. I used to think so.
I skip the criminal nabbing update in the local newspaper. The radio gets turned off when a terrible news story hits the airwaves. This stuff just doesn't feel right in my body when I hear or read it.
I choose television programs that make me feel good. Just the other day I was overwhelmed by a breathtaking performance by Mitsi Dancing School on America's Got Talent. To be honest, I was shocked at my emotional reaction. I had no control over the tears filling my eyes. My heart was deeply connected to their energy and presence. Even more surprising, was my reaction to an episode of How it's Made. They were showing how Ramen Noodle Soups were manufactured. There was this guy; his job was to keep the Styrofoam bowls stacked high in one of the machines. He had the biggest smile on his face as he took a stack of bowls from a box and loaded them onto the hopper. I could feel the pride he had for his role in the process. He had passion! I connected with his heart-expanding energy and it overtook me!
Three awesome realizations I'm having as I remember these heart-opening moments:
1. When you live your passion, when you are happy doing something you love - others benefit!
2. Your passion can be anything, in any moment! It can last a lifetime or a second.
3. We are all connected. When your heart fills and expands with love energy, the entire Universe shifts!
It takes practice moving in the direction of love and passion.
It may not appear productive to linger an extra 10 seconds at your car door, enjoying the breeze on your neck, before you get in. But I can tell you this, I can get more accomplished sitting outside the mall with tears of joy streaming down my face, as I recognize each person's awesomeness as they pass by, then I can in hours upon hours of thinking, planning and doing!
This knowledge is becoming more deeply embedded in me every day.
I wish you a day of at least one moment of heart-opening bliss, for in that moment, you will move mountains!
