Journey # 16

Feelings of bliss can come upon us out of the blue – like when you give that special someone in your life a hug and they hug you right back as if they don’t ever want to step away again.  When you sink into that…  it’s blissful.

Bliss can come into our everyday reality and daydreams – especially if you are trapped at work and need to escape!  Right now I am in my state of blissful reality: my home, surrounded by water and mountains.  I sit at my desk, looking out of my window and my heart soars.  There are feelings of gratitude, humility, and awe.  I worked hard to get myself here and these few moments where I can relish this are essential for my soul.

And the daydream reality?  For me, that is an old bookshop that weaves and wends its way backwards, that has ancient and uneven stone floors and unexpected twists and turns and staircases.  I’ve been in this bookshop many times in years past, but today, to make it the perfect daydream – I am adding a librarian in the form of a dragon who can lift a small child to great heights in order to reach the knowledge he is seeking.

These moments can be fleeting in our busy, mundane, lives – and that makes them so very important.  They show us that we have already achieved great things, or that we have great things we can aim for.  They can show us where we find our centre point – that place of stillness and tranquillity. 

Blissful moments come and go throughout our day and we are often too busy to recognise them.  Make a point today, to take note of those times when you take a deep breath and simply BE in the moment. 

(Note:  Did you know that the ‘treasure’ that a dragon guards is not gold or jewels?  That is our modern interpretation.  It’s actually Knowledge.  That means that a dragon librarian is absolutely perfect!!!)