Passing Happiness Around

     Today I saw another child who once again made me feel so contented and happy. She seemed to be chanting while walking along the shore barefooted in comfortable loose clothes with hair freely swaying with the wind.

 

     It was almost sunset and I was spending time at the surfing area with a good friend after visiting the wake of a high school batch mate's dad. As always stricken with grief at the news of someone traveling to the afterlife having experienced myself the pain of losing someone in this lifetime I was in a contemplative mood. I complained a lot about the sky not being royal blue this afternoon and my friend did not know whether to laugh at me or to scold me. I realized I was being unreasonable when my friend spotted this little girl who totally took my attention away from melancholy.

There she was with huge, determined strides chasing time. The atmosphere could have been surreal to her innocent mind. What with the sky turning gold from gray; the vastness of the sea with water running to and fro in undulating motion; the wind blowing kisses to everyone's cheeks; the rays of the sun kissing ground; the jingle of laughter and cheers stirring twilight into a harmony of lights and sounds. I watched her closely and chased her every move realizing that I wasn't actually running after just the figure of a little girl but after my very own dose of happiness for the day....

so I drew nearer, nearer and happier as I freely perceived joy in its purest form in the eyes of a child...she hopped, and jumped and crawled, tossed and turned until daylight was taken away by the sky.....

                                                                 
                                                                       
...and she watched with fascination at the enchanting ending of the day unperturbed as she was when I first saw her and I was left thinking...deeper than I did when I first arrived at the beach but this time in a jubilant mood having realized that "Life is indeed too short to spend on sullen thoughts," that if we only learn to truly appreciate God's gift of nature and to take really good care of it our kids, the next generation will have more than enough happiness to pass around.....

from my humble world to yours

thank you for your precious time

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