Be there when you are there
Experts disagree on what makes people happy. Now that is funny! Because we live in a world that wants five-easy-steps to enlightenment. As if life, and our faith journey, is a checklist, something to orchestrate, some correct answer on a text.
We are so self-conscious: Am I living fully? What am I doing right or wrong? All the while, missing the point. Join Terry, who believes that getting your act together is highly overrated! The more important issue: How do we re-train our own eye (or mind) to appreciate simple pleasures? Is there a spiritual practice that we can incorporate into our lives, that opens our eyes to the abundant simple pleasures that surround us?
Answer this: Can you tell me a simple pleasure that happened / that you enjoyed, in the past hour? And while we're on the subject, it wouldn't hurt to change the way we talk. We ask, of each other, daily, "What do you do?" Or, "What did you do?" Why not ask, "What surprised you today? What made you smile?" "Where did you see God incognito?" Laugh and learn with Terry about making the choice to receive life's gifts. That life is to be lived, not managed. We will learn what it means to be open. Available. Curious. Willing to be surprised by joy.