Ducks

Do you ever find yourself filled with an irrational joy over something that perhaps seems small or even insignificant?  Your favourite song on the radio.  Pomegranates have arrived in the grocery store.  Or maybe it is how a little thing like a bouncing ball gives your dog complete and unreasonable joy.  You have had these moments, we all do – think back – what are they?

My daughter has a lot of moments like this, as most children do.  For instance, twice a week on our way to her karate school near one end of our city, we pass by water that has accumulated in the ditches on either side of the road that a dozen or so ducks have claimed as their summer/fall home. As soon as they come into view, she gasps with surprise and delight to see them and this happens every single time.  No matter that we’ve seen these ducks dozens of times now.  To her eyes, they are beautiful, brand new, fascinating, curious little creatures and seeing them fills her with total irrational joy. Pay attention today to what fills your heart with this unabashed happiness because the opportunity for these moments is absolutely everywhere.

Wishing you the joy and beauty of seeing your own ducks,

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