An epiphany about life...

You know how sometimes, there are moments in life, when you see things pretty darn clearly. And what was already known in a vague, cotton ball fuzzy sort of way, suddenly becomes evident and clear in a way that leaves no room for doubt and seems like the most obvious thing in the world and yet retains its novelty as a fresh new sparkle of thought....

I had one such moment just now....an epiphany of a kind. A disturbing dream last night woke me up very early this morning, driving me to my meditation in a way it hasn't done so in a long while. No, I don't wish to talk about it...but let's just say its the kind of thought that need not be fed with more energy (the way I am doing even right now), but has to be accepted and prayed away with a practical sort of calm. I've even found many moments today in which to laugh whole heartedly and to be joyful, taking pleasure in the fun stuff of life. And that's when it happened....that crystal clear clarity of a thought that I've always known and yet it presented itself with the intimacy of direct experience...what life is all about.

And so, with certainty, I can say this....Life is about being joyful. Its about laughing as much as you can, and crying when you absolutely cannot. And its about keeping up a smile for all the times in between. Sometimes, a polite one, sometimes an amused one, sometimes a patient one, and sometimes a sweet one that comes on with no effort at all.