A brief departure to share great joy

A brief departure from the moose adventures, but you can't rush a tale worth telling (as the moose stories are), and I am bursting to share my thoughts.

I woke up today with a feeling I rarely feel outside of Alaska - a feeling of absolute, unadulterated curiosity about what the day holds.  It is not quite excitement, but it makes me feel alert, happy, and calm nonetheless.  I have felt this way in the mountains, when I start the day in meditation in the garden, and briefly after I was first exposed to shamanic healing and practiced cleansing dragon breaths.

What I have learned, reinforced today, is that when you cultivate this energy, acknowledging, engaging, and feeding it, the most marvelously random things happen.  Today the feeling hit on the drive to work.  I laughed, pondered how good the coffee was, and thought this could be a great start to the weekend.  Today, I received a business offer that made me grin from ear to ear (more later as details develop).  I spent time with a friend, transferring energy and talking about life, death, and everything in between, above, and around.  I came home and received a completely unexpected monetary gift in the mail.

What made today different than other days?  When I felt joy to be alive, manifest as curiosity about the day, I actively committed myself to maintaining that feeling throughout the day.  When I got tired, I took a break and got up from my desk, actually stopping to talk to the people I saw instead of rushing by with clipboards and folders in my arms.  I ate lunch with my computer off, enjoying each bite, instead of typing with one hand and shoveling food in with the hour (can't be late for that meeting or miss that deadline!).  I did not become stressed or overwhelmed, only to leave the office completely frazzled at the end of the day.  I felt an energy, worked to preserve, explore, and trust it, and good things came my way.  It has happened before, I pray it will happen again, and yet I remain completely humbled and awed when such things occur.

How to preserve this energy?  I don't rightly know, but I believe that sharing it is probably a good start.

Here's to hoping tomorrow feels that way for all of us.