I just read a very handy post by Lynette Chartier on Braveheart Women about a missed opportunity to be blissed out.
In January 2007, the Washington Post asked a well-known musician to play for one hour in the Washington DC Metro during rush hour. He did and collected twenty-three dollars from passers by.
The only ones who tried to stop and listen were children and they had to be forcibly pulled away by their parents. The purpose of the experiment was to identify people's tastes, perception and priorities.
That remarkable incident highlights our lack of perception and it's unfortunately how most of us live our lives - blindly. We are so caught up in chasing down the thousands of futile thoughts constantly popping into our heads and swimming in the depths of the accompanying emotions that we deceive ourselves into thinking that we have a life. That is so obviously not true.
When we cannot take a moment to appreciate beauty whenever and wherever we see or hear it, then we are the losers! It is time we stop deceiving ourselves into thinking that we know what's important.Joshua Bell was the itinerant musician playing his 3.5 million dollar violin. The previous night he performed to a sold out theatre crowd where seats were 100 dollars each.
Take time for pleasure. Make time to be blissed out. Make time for fun. That is what life is all about. Enjoyment!
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