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The Maverick Bluestocking Contemplates her Younger Self

By August 12, 2014January 14th, 20202 Comments

Harriet graduatingOne of the topics in our Spiritual Badass blog challenge today is:

‘What you would tell your younger self?’

I let this roll around in my mind for a bit and some current events inspired me with this answer:

‘The key to life is liking being alive.’

If I like being alive then I can be happy most days. I have taken a long time – oh, about 51 years – to learn how to like being alive, mainly because I didn’t really know that I was alive. I mean I didn’t feel alive, pay attention to the experience of being alive.

These days I do it more and more. I sit quietly and ask myself, ‘where is that alive feeling?’ Then it becomes more noticeable. A mysterious energy deep inside, a buzzing which, when I pay attention to it, spreads right to my fingers and toes. Then I notice what it is like to breathe. Wow, breathing! What a miracle! How does that happen?

The more I do this, the happier I am. I just look for the feeling of being alive and I find that it is the energy of happiness.

It works for me. How do you find your way to your happy, alive centre?

2 Comments

  • Mary Oquendo says:

    The older I get, the happier I seem to be as well. I don’t think I truly appreciated life until I was in my 40’s.

    • Harriet says:

      It does seem that the older we get the more we appreciate being here, doesn’t it? I realise this not only from remembering what I was like but also from watching my 18 year old son and his girlfriend. It takes me back! Thanks for your comment.

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