Catching joy as it flies by

“The world of reason must be a lonely place.”—Luis Alberto Urrea

I walked with a fox this morning. Wasn’t even 8 a.m. before the first of today’s gifts presented itself to me.

The fox kept its distance, of course, but we traversed the same path for at least three blocks.

This magical experience brought to mind Kurt Vonnegut’s observation that we owe it to our fellow humanoids to say, “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is?”

How often do I fail to notice all the nice things that cross my path in a day, let alone bring them to the attention of someone I love.

Rather than point out problems, I plan to spend this day, this weekend, this life pointing out all the things that are going right.

I notice when I focus on things I don’t love, it hurts. It literally hurts me–my attitude, my energy field, even my body. It turns me into a caricature of my true self.

Love is our natural state, the realest of real.

And any other seeming reality can’t, in the end, last. Because, well, it isn’t real. It isn’t true.

So once again, my precious friends and readers and lovers, I urge you to claim today’s many gifts. And, of course, to enjoy the most stupendous, the most astonishing weekend of your life.

#222 Forever!

Pam Grout is the author of 22 books including E-Squared, Thank & Grow Rich , The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)and her latest, The Ego’s Playbook.