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Magic Moments – True Medicine

By Matilda Bathurst and Judy Joy. 

Do you ever get that feeling when you wake up that you have to work through some fogginess to come to the sense of opportunity that each day has? Why is that? Why do we not wake feeling the lightness and joy we did when we were young and that we know we naturally are?

In our daily lives how often do we allow ourselves to see and feel the opportunities presented to realise the joy that sparkles in often unexpected places and situations?

Whilst shopping today there was a little girl in a shopping mall wearing sandals with a built-in squeaker and with every step she took she visibly delighted in these shoes and the noise they made. The ripple effect of her joy was properly palpable in all who saw and heard her. People stopped and literally lit up as she passed them by and conversations started up between strangers. It was an instance of twinkle and joy… a moment that touched many. And we have no idea how far this spreads beyond this shopping mall to conversations and interactions throughout all the lives of the people who witnessed this.

“To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.”

Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 550

So, what if, in accepting the impact we have in our every move, we take up the joyful responsibility of living with a quality, care and appreciation that builds and reflects these attributes back to others and into the foundations of our communities, which then have their own ongoing ripple effect?

When lived from the essence of who we are, life can be simple and joyful. If we suspend disbelief, self-doubt, complication and whatever else we use to make life a struggle and allow ourselves to quietly but surely build a relationship with appreciation, could this be the silent world changer that we are all privately yearning for? In that moment in the shopping mall, that particular community were offered the blessing of no boundaries, no attachment, no expectations LOVE… pure and simple, always on offer and waiting to be noticed, embraced and enjoyed.

With our eyes and hearts open, willingly accepting and embracing all the possibilities and sparkles that rain down in our days, could we start to value and appreciate the quality of these magic moments for the life-changing medicine they offer?

 “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.”

Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 596

 

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415 thoughts on “Magic Moments – True Medicine”

  1. I am discovering that the joy is in the detail of life, I have been so focused on the ‘doing’ of life getting this done and onto the next thing, that I never slowed down until now to feel that there is an enjoyment in just being with me while I do something. This feels completely different and so worth slowing down to enjoy life once again.

  2. I have experienced the simplicity of being joyfull. It’s an amazing feeling. However, I would say that I don’t give enough time to feel the impact it has on the world around me. I do wonder what that feels like..

  3. A good question Doug, responding as one who is on the way to removing self-doubt and other such negative thoughts out of my life – a work in progress as they say. When we do so – indulge in negativity – not only do we dull ourselves but we affect others around us. We have a responsibility to clock those thoughts and arrest them, without any self-critique tho.

  4. ““To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.”” Such a great quote – and your blog is a great reminder how we can enrich our lives if we allow our body and not our mind, to lead the way.

  5. Reading about that little girl and the joy she engendered reminded me of a young blind boy on the autistic spectrum at a recent gathering. His excitement and joy was infectious and the whole gathering lit up in a way we hadn’t previously. His innocence and genuine expression = something we all had when young.

  6. I love the simplicity of this blog, and there are so many moments in life, that brings joy. A joy that is with us all the time instead of the one that is occasionally felt. Every now and then I have felt that joy that lives within me and it is different to the bastardised version, where we become dependent on it, just like a drug.
    It is there if we are prepared to see it with open eyes and feel its presence with in you and everyone else.

  7. Exactly Doug. So it is a choice of what we choose in every single moment that has an impact on our life and of course a ripple effect on others. If we choose to ignore our hurts, frustrations, resentments etc then of course this is going to build up to misery. From experience if we choose to finally take responsibility for the life we have lived and our choices and love ourselves enough to deal with and heal the hurts, frustrations, resentment etc then we start to return to and allow ourselves to feel joy once more. So simple.

  8. ‘Do you ever get that feeling when you wake up that you have to work through some fogginess to come to the sense of opportunity that each day has? Why is that? Why do we not wake feeling the lightness and joy we did when we were young and that we know we naturally are?’ A great question. Why indeed. Also on reflection, sadly, I am wondering how many children and young people actually do wake feeling lightness and joy. The other day I was told of 4 year olds self harming. It is clear things are definitely not okay in the world at the moment.

    1. I agree, children now a days are not being nurtured to bring their true essence through, so their natural joy is often tarnished. Self harm in children is on the rise and it is not okay to allow this to continue, some where along the way, something will have to change.

  9. “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.” Yesterday I happened to find myself singing something and it was so interesting to feel how much more present and strong I felt in my body afterwards. When I was a child I used to love singing but then got self conscious of doing it when I was told I was singing out of tune. Ironically the more present I am in my body the more tuneful and resonant my voice is, but to get there one of the techniques I have found is to indeed use my voice by singing and to enjoy the vibration I can feel in my body as I am doing it.

    1. My granddaughter loves to sing – and so far – nearly eight years old – no-one has told her she sings out of tune. For how long I wonder….. It took me nearly thirty years before I realised I could sing – and that was because I wasn’t picked for a school or house choir – just four of us were left out. Later I realised it was cos I had a low voice even as a child, so could never sing the high soprano voiced hymns. Staying in the body – a great way to feel the vibration not only of one’s own but others’ voices too.

      1. Ditto Sue. Even though I am petite my natural voice is quite low in tone. I was simply never given an opportunity to explore songs that suited my then tonal range. I felt that because I couldn’t reach the high notes I couldn’t sing and indeed was told by my music teacher to mime when the class was asked to perform in concert! As we know one size doesn’t fit all in education and this is true for learning to sing too!

  10. There really is a lot to appreciate and be joyful for, it is taking the time to feel and be with it all and taking stock of all our blessings that supports this.

  11. “When lived from the essence of who we are, life can be simple and joyful.” Released from the prison of complication and pictures, leads to a path that is simple and true.

  13. I love what you posed here Doug about how we tend to choose a way of moving through our life that brings us these negative thoughts, almost as if we are calling them into our minds in order to keep us from standing out with joy like the little girl in the shopping mall. But what I am realising lately is just how much I have made things into a battle or a struggle, over-complicated things in my life too, when all I have to do is let go of this way of being and appreciate myself and those around me deeply, then the joy and simplicity come to the surface almost effortlessly.

  14. To live the joy of who I am and bring this to another is worth every step it takes and without perfection; it is simply a matter of saying ‘yes’ continuously to this alignment in my day.

  15. “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.”
    This observation is so true as I can attest to the fact that my life has been, and continues to be, enriched beyond measure by following this advice.

  16. Appreciation, one word however life changing when we make appreciation for oneself everything in our lives. I agree life is so much simpler and joyful when I am appreciating myself not for what I do but for who I am and what I bring.

  17. I agree Gill and I cannot help thinking that this way of living will bring us back to living in harmony with the magic of nature and the magic of God, rather than being consumed by the drama of man’s inhumanity to man.

  18. I am back to this blog again because it makes me smile and sometimes you need to be reminded that there is such innocence in the world and that we must nurture and celebrate it. Yesterday I saw a little girl walking along the street all dressed in varying shades of pink. She was walking behind her dad who was walking the dog and she had a big flower that she kept stopping to look at. She was clearly in awe of the intricate nature of this flower. As she kept stopping I kept feeling the appreciation of the reflection nature offers us and the reflection she was offering me.

    1. Recently I attended a party where a young boy of four was unashamedly wearing his sister’s tutu. It was so lovely to observe how everyone – young and old alike – accepted him for who he was and his choice of garment.

  21. Again I am reminded how important it is to nurture the child within – giving him or her space to express in play and natural joyfullness

  22. I love how infectious the joy is in this story. It seems that when joy is reflected through a child, we as adults permit ourselves to let our guards down.

  23. What I have noticed is that when I don’t see the joy and playfulness in moments like that and noise irritates me, I wonder how tense I am and if this is an opportunity to lighten the load and embrace the lightness of the reflection instead.

  24. As I read about the squeaky shoes I smiled and could feel the playfulness and joy of her movements, they will inspire my movements and my day today!

  25. It’s really lovely as an adult to be silly and light hearted. It never leaves people and can be rekindled. Which is often great to see serious, ‘straight’ adults break that mould.

  26. Those magic moments are so important for our health. Within them we feel lighter and more joyful and this certainly has an impact on the body. The joy we have or haven’t lived is very palpably seen in the bodies of our elderly. It is possible to get to old age in vitality, joy and love but we have to be open to living the joy to enable it.

  27. Joy is infectious and lights up whomever it touches whether it is for a nano second before it is rejected or whether it is embraced and allowed to express in another unique and inspirational way for as long as.

  28. Love when I realize how serious I am in some moments. It’s an awareness that invites me to see the gorgeous, silly, spunky girl I was, this makes me smile and appreciate the woman I am today.

  29. Once we know who we really are we can clearly see all that doesn’t belong to our natural state and thus reconnect back to the endless joy and gorgeousness within.

  31. “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.” Simply observing a young neighbour on her doorstep with her father the other day I could feel how very present and connected she was. There was so much joy in her little body that was just waiting for an opportunity to express. Her dad on the other hand was very much in his head in that moment and the difference in quality between them was startling.

    1. That is a great observation to share and one I will remember as I can feel that way of being also dictates if we will be embracing space or tied to the confines of time.

      1. In those moments where I am connected the space I feel I operate in is the epitome of gorgeousness, operate in time and its restrictions I am nothing but anxious and tense.

  32. I think I should get some shoes with a squeaker and lights … it would remind me to be both playful and joyful and not take life so seriously.

    2. Ha ha! We should all have a pair.
      But what a gorgeous idea to embrace those impulses to be as playful and joyful throughout our day, squeaky flashing shoes or not.

  33. So simple. Putting on my squeaky shoes today, not the groaning complaining ones, the joyful inspiring ones.

  34. The medicine of the joy in being ourselves, can be very clearly seen in the story of the little girl in her squeaky shoes. Not only for the pure joy she felt but the ripple effect of this moment on all around. How important it is to appreciate these moments when we are the little girl in the squeaky shoes.

    1. For me it was the 29 yr old finding rainbow zebra print gym pants in the clothes store. States of being are infectious and having these silly moments are amazing in what they do to the world around us.

  35. Feeling the opportunities is a great way to put it. We don’t naturally go to appreciating ourselves and in this we set ourselves up to not be in constant joy.

    1. If we do not confirm and appreciate ourselves in our innate essence we are left looking for validation from life, circumstances and other people.

  36. If we reflect on what is being revealed here, we would notice that neither magic moment nor true medicine is something extra ordinary. Such exquisite relationship with life can easily be chosen in every single moment.

  37. It is important to consider the quality in which we walk, in joy and connection to our inner-most or in the burden of our unresolved hurts and rejections?

  38. What a great reflection to receive in the mall that day from that little girl, and now spreading even further through this story. It just goes to show that even a few minutes of joy can spread and be infectious.

  39. Connecting with the essence of who we are and letting it out allows us to feel the beautiful interdependence in life.

  41. Considering how far and wide the story of this little girl in her squeaky sandals has traveled – for example, worldwide via this blog … we really have absolutely no idea how far the love, joy and magic we have offered others has traveled either.

  42. Children are naturally connected to their innate joy and the magic of life everywhere around them … something we adults have chosen to leave behind but need to re-connect to.

  43. There is such beauty and inspiration in moments – pure gold to treasure, and these moments are all around us every day if we choose to notice.

  44. Once we realise there is a realistic possibility of joy we then can find that that joy is available almost all of the time and eventually we can live there.

    1. I remember when Princess Dianna said this in a TV interview – she was a lone voice speaking from the heart about coming from the heart. Are we any more ready to consider this?

  46. A beautiful reminder and reflection of the joy and sparkles around us in our everyday life and the appreciation of this that benefits our health and well being and vitality.

  47. Over the years of choosing to continue attending presentations by Serge Benhayon, the truth of the words in this quote are being experienced as a new-normal in everyday life.In my personal experience I have discovered that happiness is transient and can plunge into the roller coster of highs and lows to the depths of despair when outer circumstances / expectations changed. Joy remains a forever constant unfoldment shared with others.
    “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.”
    Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 596

  48. I love the reflection of the little girl with the squeaky sneaker for it reminds us to walk with joy in our every step and not get so bogged down with the seriousness we adopt in its place.

    1. Beautifully stated Danna. There is no greater magic than connecting to and expressing the great love that we are.

      1. And this makes sense too, from young we had experienced the simplicity of life and the love we were feeling in our hearts.. It is our only way – to love and be loved.

  51. The more we live in alignment with our Soul and express the love that is our true essence, the more will magical moments become, not isolated wow moments, but a wonderful ongoing confirmation of all that we know we are.

  52. Joy is good medicine! The littlest things have helped me feel glimpses of Joy and in these moments I always feel how Love/Joy is the greatest healer of all.

    I used to volunteer at an elementary school and one day the principal made the rule of “no skipping” in the school. I can understand wanting to have calm and order in school but it was interesting because a lot of the teachers felt sad about it as if the rule was “No Joy in school” and the students revolted and started reciting the constitution and demanding that they have more say in school rules.

    1. Oh my goodness! When I look at how younger children move their bodies when they are playing or talking it is just a constant. Telling kids not to skip or express with their bodies in this way would be like putting them in a straight jacket.

    2. Ha ha I love so much about what you have shared here, firstly that the teachers could feel the purpose and outcome of skipping and secondly that the students wanted their voices heard, knew it was their right and knew they had more power as a group – even at elementary school!

  53. Experiencing an unexpected moment of harmony or having a new insight can simplify our life substantially as there is a new way to be/act/move on offer.

  54. Joy is like a play that is acted out within and it touches everyone without a word being said so maybe it is like the old silent movies without the slapstick?

  55. It is a sobering thought to see how we can often complicate our lives in order to continue the struggle in life, when in essence our true nature is one of simplicity, flow and harmony.

  56. The irony is that as adults we abandon the connection to our body and our sense of oneness with the universe. Our tendency is trying to control and make everything in life into our mental pictures of how it should be, therefore we often fail to feel, notice and marvel at the magnificence of the universe unfolding right under our nose in every single moment. The reflection that children offer us in itself is one such magical support reminding us of what we have abandoned yet never lost.

  57. A beautiful sharing of the magic and joy around us that is all part of us within and the expansion from this is deeply beautiful to feel as is the magic and simplicity of children and new born babies and their reflection in the world.

  58. There is a real simplicity in connecting to the body but when we do we find the gates to universal love and joy. Kids do this so naturally. If we were to take a leaf out of their book we would not find life a burden but one filled with much laughter and purpose.

  60. When you think happiness is ‘it’ you will never look beyond that is why it is so good to stay open and don’t put a picture on how amazing life can be.

    1. Thinking that happiness is ‘it’ is very common – finding out that there is something much nicer, much bigger is quite a revelation when it happens.

  62. I am getting the significance of this phrase more and more: “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so. ~ Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 550”.
    It is not that you have to be skipping down the hallway like a child and it is not an advocation for being an irresponsible adult in any shape or form. I have noticed how when I DO choose to be in connection with my body, there is a whole level of expression and awareness that I am otherwise missing, and more and more realising that this lack of connection in itself is like having the brakes on and increasing my blind spots when I am driving – not very wise.

  63. “So, what if, in accepting the impact we have in our every move, we take up the joyful responsibility of living with a quality, care and appreciation that builds and reflects these attributes back to others and into the foundations of our communities, which then have their own ongoing ripple effect?” I am learning that movement – be it walking, swimming, writing and speaking – is all important in life. Our every move has an effect and not only on ourselves…

    1. So true Sue, we do need to find our way back to living life with a quality, care and appreciation that builds and reflects these attributes back to ourselves and others equally so. It seems that as our lives have become so busy and filled with ‘ endless to do lists ‘ etc that we have forgotten what these three little words mean let alone have the time to truly give them any consideration or have space for them in our days. But! Could that be just an illusion though? That we think we don’t have any time left in our days to fit anything else in, as could it be that it’s our business, our rushing around here, there and everywhere that is the very thing that is creating less time in our days.

      I know since I took a step back and started looking at my ‘to do list’ from the point of view that yes, it’s a list that needs completing but without a time limit attached. I approached it with the understanding that if I don’t get everything done it’s not the end of the world as there is always tomorrow. And what I found was that in my removing that imposed pressure of having to complete things by a certain time that I actually started to get through more of the things on my lists. It allowed me the space to really bring my focus back to the quality in which I do everything and the care I take in doing each thing and how each thing feels when completed and how I feel at the end of each day is something I now deeply appreciate. And that is the ongoing ripple effect of which you speak….. being our movements.

  64. “With our eyes and hearts open, willingly accepting and embracing all the possibilities and sparkles that rain down in our days, could we start to value and appreciate the quality of these magic moments for the life-changing medicine they offer?” If all of humanity took this on board, this really would be a miracle.

  66. It feels more pertinent than ever the quote at the end of this, that the joy found within is worth more than any pursuit of happiness.

  67. This example is such a great reflection of how the way we live and respond to life can be not only great medicine for our own life but for everyone else also.

  68. Children remind us of the joy, merriment and lightness that can be experienced at any age by anyone. It is only when we harden ourselves against life and people and don’t heal our hurts that we close off to this delicious expansiveness.

    1. So very true Gabriele. We do seem to lose those beautiful innate qualities that we so naturally have as children.

      1. We have an unwritten code of how a responsible adult should behave. The irony being that true responsibility is about allowing our divine expression to come out and playfulness and lightness is part of that.

  70. “When lived from the essence of who we are, life can be simple and joyful” – yes, when I live from the quality of my innate stillness I live feeling a settlement inside my body. To me this feeling is everything; it is living life in harmony.

    1. It’s our only chance unless we want to sink even deeper into misery and make lack of joy our everyday normal.

  73. The doing ness of the world and all of us is so different to the quality and being ness of who we really are and it is our movements that magnify this and our choices from there that bring the magic of life truly.

  74. We have made life so much about what we do that we have forgotten that it is the delight we take in things and how we feel in our own movements and with each other that brings us joy.

    1. Thank you Esther. I realise I do not allow myself this Delight you mention – I get caught up in the seriousness as if this is what we have to do in the world of business and outer conflict and then I forget the joy in my own body and in life in general. Delight will be my new word to remind me of the quality of light and joy that it is possible each and every moment…..let’s see how it can open up the day.

  75. “So, what if, in accepting the impact we have in our every move, we take up the joyful responsibility of living with a quality, care and appreciation that builds and reflects these attributes back to others and into the foundations of our communities, which then have their own ongoing ripple effect?” learning how everything we do. speak and even think affects everyone and everything does bring a level of responsibility that I hadn’t previously entertained.

    1. Love what you have shared here Sue as it shines a light on what being responsible truly offers us and those around us.

  76. ” To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are…. ” This is such a beautiful quote form Serge. I recently found an old photo of me as a child – maybe 4 or 5 years old – in the snow and with such abundant joy it made me ponder – when did I lose all that? And knowing its still in there – within me – boom!

  77. A powerful quote from Serge Benhayon re. enriching the body from a return to the essence of your whole body as is the way for children. We have moments of this in life, but we can through our own choices live a way of life which is this and more.

  78. Children are a gorgeous reflection for us to see what it is to be in our bodies. They ask us to be more – they ask us to remind ourselves of what it feels like to truly be present.

  79. Letting ourselves be open to and aware of the magic moments in every day brings a whole new depth to life and all we are offered in inspiration and learning. I saw a deer on the way to work the other day and it turned and faced me for a moment before it walked away… I am still touched by this a few days on.

  80. I remember for a long time sensing the sadness of my own giving up, which would become vividly transparent a split second after feeling the elation of witnessing the abundance of love, playfulness and joy in a child or a young pup. I thought this was something that just happened when you got older and there was no other way. Oh how wrong I was.

    1. I remember feeling sad at my own giving up, but there was also an indulgence in this as I liked to wallow in it! There were no pointers at taking responsibility for this choice (as everyone else felt very similar) and so I knew no other way.

    2. It can be confrontational to see the abundance of love, the openness and joy in others no matter what age, if we have not yet chosen to live this for ourselves. The voice we have then is to either react and be jealous or withdraw or to use this as a reminder to come back to this love ourselves, knowing it is equally available to us all.

  81. Judy and Matilda, I have been pondering on this since reading your article previously; ‘Do you ever get that feeling when you wake up that you have to work through some fogginess to come to the sense of opportunity that each day has? Why is that?’ What I have found is that if I go to bed early and wake early then I feel more lighthearted and ready for the day than if I go to bed late and wake up late. This has been an interesting experiment for me and makes a huge difference to how I feel in my day. Waking early and being prepared for the day allow the oppurtunity for me to feel joyful and ready for whatever the day brings.

  82. Some people have been hurt as children and in adulthood, have left their body and instead reside mostly in their heads and cannot understand any more what the body is telling them, and do not understand any more the lightness and freedom children can live with.

  83. Profound quotations in this blog. There is not much to say for me other than that we are far more rich than we want to see or believe from our minds.. When we drop our mindful thinking, we will understand that there is a greater truth — our whole body that is intelligent and gives us signals constantly which we can listen to instead. But heh, that requires surrender, surrender to our body instead of our minds.

  84. True magic is in our everyday lives and from the living of this with an open heart and body it becomes the joy we are naturally expressed from within like children.

    1. As grown-ups, we think our childhood is something of the past but that it is not. This lightness and playfulness, what we can remember from being a child, is still there and we can return to it whenever we choose so.

  86. How sold out are we to this “happy” state of being, we all desire it and thank God for our coffee and chocolate because they can give it us, but what about the immenseness of joy and how that can roll into our lives and make them magical every moment?

  88. I find that if I honour myself and go to bed early and wake early that I feel much lighter and it is less of struggle to get out of bed in the morning. Having a gentle wind down time before bed and allowing myself to wake gently without rush feels really supportive and allows me to feel well and to embrace what the day has to offer.

  89. The joy of this little girl and how it influenced all around her, we each have a responsibility to foster this, both with others but also within ourselves. For this level of joy is within each of us.

  90. The joy of this little girl and how it influenced all around her, we each have a responsibility to foster this, both with others but also within ourselves. For this level of joy is within each of us.

  92. Very inspiring Matilda Bathurst and Judy Joy – this came like a breath of fresh air this morning….allowing me to connect to a lightness that I had lost in the miasma of the temporal world.

  93. Clearly, some people get sick less often than others and, equally clearly, lifestyle is connected to this but what we don’t seem to know much about is why people choose one lifestyle over another and what we can do to reduce the lifestyles that are most expensive to our healthcare system?

  94. Today one of the students I support was feeling very joyful. He was singing to himself as he was working. During my day it is quite rare to encounter simple joy.. when we come across it it is pure gold.

  96. Some may take the subject of living joyfully quite flippantly thinking it is a “light” subject. Pun intended. It is most certainly light but equally very serious because what quality of life are we settling for when we are not living the joy we innately are?

  97. I wonder if we need to suspend disbelief, doubt and similar? When the experience of our essence, of who we are, is very strong and clear then the fogginess and very different flavour of disbelief, doubt and so on become fleeting experiences with no hold on us?

  98. Our days are liberally sprinkled with these magic moments, opportunities to reconnect with the lightness, childlike wonder and joy that is always there within us just waiting for its opportunity to express. Let it out.

  99. If we live in a way where our burdens are everything, where drama finds us, where we are a victim – then how can we ever be vital? Kids wake up free from the baggage and their lightness and joy is infectious.

  100. Yesterday I was watching the joy bursting out of a 3 year old girl as she was chased around the park. Her giggles were so gorgeous and infectious it reminded me of this blog as it made me smile.

    1. It would be great if we could preserve this joy into older ages and some people seem to manage.

  101. The pure joy of the little girl is clearly felt in this sharing, and it is one we can all relate to – having seen and felt it in others and knowing it in ourselves… thank you for the reminder ladies 🙂

  102. “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.” How beautiful are these words and so very wise… we all know this feeling of pure joy within and yet how often do we let it out and or live it every day?

  103. “When lived from the essence of who we are, life can be simple and joyful. If we suspend disbelief, self-doubt, complication and whatever else we use to make life a struggle and allow ourselves to quietly but surely build a relationship with appreciation, could this be the silent world changer that we are all privately yearning for?” Having been practicing this for sometime now I would say it is a resounding yes to this question. Appreciation is such an important factor in any relationship, whether it is with ourselves or each other, and literally has the potential to turn someones life around from one of misery and depression to one full of joy and love. It simply begins to bring back our value of self worth.

    1. The more we live in alignment with our Soul and express the love that is our true essence, the more will magical moments become, not isolated wow moments, but a wonderful ongoing confirmation of all that we know we are.

  104. I live and work in an elders community and the other day, I looked out of my window and saw a grandfather and two young grand daughters riding foot scooters with great joy and speed. It brought a smile to my face. A rare moment when the grandfather simply let go and embraced his inner-child again.

  105. After dropping my grandchildren off to school this morning I had a walk in a wood along a river. I then felt to sit for a while on a bench in the morning sunlight, just being. A magic moment indeed.

  106. It is not that there aren’t magic moments, there is magic in every moment, it is just that we put more importance into what needs to be done and getting through the day than the connection we have with ourself and everything around us.

  107. I reckon as adults we could all do with a dose of squeaky sneakers to wear even if just for 15 minutes in our day! This could be just enough to break some of the seriousness we can so easily go into!

  108. A magical reading so full of the joy that is inside felt in the moments all around us if we choose to listen and be aware. Making life simple playful and full of joy and childlike bringing the balance much needed in life with all that is going on and a true quality of livingness.

  109. I so agree that are so many “possibilities and sparkles that rain down in our days,” but it seems that many people are in too much of a hurry to notice them and so miss out on the magic. I have always appreciated these magic moments but I know that I too would have missed out on many more as I hurried through my life. But what I have discovered is that the more I appreciate these moments, the more the magic presents itself, and that to me is ‘true medicine’.

  110. Being willing to be open to what is next allows joy to enter our lives and very often we can sense it coming from unexpected places and situations and when this happens indeed there is much to pause, reflect and appreciate as the ripples of joy go out into the universe.

    1. Yes, to pause to enjoy, to reflect on, to support our awareness and to appreciate to make it our standard.

  113. Matilda and Judy – I love this; ‘The ripple effect of her joy was properly palpable in all who saw and heard her.’ What strikes me is that the little girl was simply being herself, she was not trying to be something or to make people smile, she simply went about her day in the most innocent and natural way, this shows me how we can inspire others by simply being ourselves.

    1. And that is the magic Rebecca – that the girl was ‘simply being herself’. But if she had been seeking recognition for having these very expressive sandals the magic would have been missing. A great lesson in simply being who we are and living the joy that is available to us in every moment, it is then that the magic naturally flows.

  114. Most of us have experienced a time as children when the joy and excitement of life was spilling out of us – or at least we have seen it in children if we cannot recall feeling like that as young ones ourselves. Small children often delight in seeing us when we walk into the room and they spot us, even if we have only left briefly to go the toilet – this level of appreciation and joy is contagious and it takes a lot of effort to not notice this and to smile and join in the fun.

  115. When we have forgotten how to live with joy and spunk, it can take a bit of effort to revive this – kind of like getting a bit rusty and needing to clear that rust away so we can shine again. Very often I can feel very weighed down by things that happen in life, but when we appreciate and delight in the littlest of things, it really does change our outlook on things and we are far better at dealing with the challenges that suddenly do not appear to be so challenging anymore.

  116. ‘In our daily lives how often do we allow ourselves to see and feel the opportunities presented to realise the joy that sparkles in often unexpected places and situations?’ A beautiful reminder that at all times there are reflections around us showing us who we are and how to return to this essence.

    1. Yes often I catch myself only focusing on the challenges in my day and it is good to appreciate and notice all the little moments of magic and joy that are in my life also.

      1. I can relate Andrew, we seem to be much more skilled in seeing the challenges than accepting the huge amount of support that is available. We like the struggle a bit better for the time being.

  117. I love being with younger children because they are so in the moment and you can see they are in their body. Such a great reminder and reflection of how far we have gone from our natural state of being.

    1. Spot on Natalie – children are quick to remind us of how fun life can be – and if we take this as inspiration then it is something we know we can return to at any time.

    2. I agree Natalie. Young children accept the world and their place in it. They speak what they see, which can be confronting for adults sometimes. Not everyone likes to hear truth……

      1. “Young children accept the world and their place in it.” Powerful point you make here Sue and sad as adults we lose these qualities. Children are often our greatest teachers.

  118. Imagine that we can all be imprinting the earth with joy just like this child when we are living the truth of who we are in essence.

  119. I love the quote at the end, ‘“Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.” Yes, I know this joy..it lights up every cell in the body.

  120. I live in a country with quite a cloudy climate, so the sun has that kind of an uplifting effect on lots of people. People perk up, become friendlier, smile more and there is a greater general sense of lightness. And this has a knock on effect not on the rest of their day, but on their interactions with other people. The impact goes on and on. Yes “when we live the full joy that radiates through” what we offer everyone around us is indeed priceless.

  121. Forget ‘happy’ that is such a major statement in itself, whole industries are built on being happy. All the while Joy is within, waiting to be ignited. We sure have made a great effort to avoid our birthright of love. Thank God for children who remind us effortlessly of full expression joy being one of them.

  122. There is magic in a moment in a pause to be aware of the quality of warmth and spaciousness expanding the lungs when a gentle breath is inhaled…

    1. …and then to move in the awareness of that same quality in what we do from there on. Even in typing what we write…

  123. “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.” I spent a large proportion of my life questioning why I no longer felt the joy and ease with life as I did as a child, there is such a natural lightness and playfulness when we observe children in their interactions and as I start making changes to my life, it is becoming normal to feel joyful and light much of the time.

    1. That natural lightness and joy children have inspires and supports to know when we change the way we live and support and nurture our bodies brings back the sparkle and joy we once had.

    2. Returning to that state where we live from our body and not our head is totally worth it. It might take some practice if we’ve been living from our heads from many years, and to start with it can feel like we’re already connected to our body and there’s nothing, or nothing more, to feel. But as we allow more space in our lives, and pay more attention to what and how we’re feeling moment to moment, we become more attuned to our body’s messages, and more interested in listening and responding. Learning to live in this way is a fascinating and an unfolding process which brings more depth to our lives, conversations, relationships. Every facet of our lives has the potential to deepen when we live from a place of connection and honouring of our bodies.

  124. I have heard it stated that many scientists and medical professionals would estimate over 95% of humanity are sick and living with some form of minor or chronic condition. If we take those not living with joy and vitality into account the value increases to nearly all of humanity. This certainly raises alarm bells and what is even more alarming is that hardly anyone is really talking about.

    1. I agree Joshua, it should raise the question if we really know what it means to be truly vital and joyful anymore. We have had a sliding scale for a while now and in this adjusting we have come to be ok with what we have now. Our new normal so to speak that keeps us from seeing the truth in front of our very own eyes.

  125. I have noticed how most people light up when there are young children or dogs around. Even on a crowded train I have seen a large dog spread out on the floor, many started off by pushing and agitated about the lack of space, hardened in body and face – then after noticing the dog lying there with its calm innocent eyes looking at people they seemed to melt and be much more settled. There something very powerful and endearing about this level of tenderness, transparency and love-full expression of essence.

  127. We consider magic moments as amazing and special because of their rarity in our current world. But the fact is that what constitutes these moments, like what the little girl in the shopping mall blessed everyone with, is our true and natural state of being. So such moments actually show how every moment of our life could be equally amazing and special

  128. I realise how quick I am to brush over moments of awe and wonder, moments I remember filling my day as a child. When I consider this now, I understand that it is not something extra I have to do, but a way of being open and aware as I get on with whatever the day holds.

  129. There is a sense of loss of having felt like that little girl once ourselves but as an adult we don’t have to live without that joy, and as much as we tell ourselves that it’s childish to feel like that, I can’t help feel that we have been duped into reducing ourselves, and become miserable in the process.

  132. I so agree, when we live from our connection to our heart our soul, we feel the lightness and joy in our body, the vitality is felt by others.

  133. We can learn so much from how we were living and feeling when we were a little child.

  134. Beautiful sharing and what a joy to experience the little girl in her essence spreading the joy she was feeling, by just being her in her footsteps. That’s all it takes for us to be us in our fullness and allow the joy to come through and be felt by others.

  136. The little girl in the shopping mall is another of the endless examples there are that children are frequently our greatest teachers.

  137. ‘When lived from the essence of who we are, life can be simple and joyful.’ It seems we don’t ‘remember’ this truth you are presenting but when a moment of magic comes along we all can feel that our essence is still alive and well preserved ready to come out and lived, the choice is ours.

  138. I live in a city that is quite intense and so many people live with constant stress and go about their days with blinkers on to get through, so any moments of joy from whatever source would help to ignite what has been lost as a child.

  139. ‘“Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you.’ This is a revelation! Who would have thought ‘happy’ isn’t it.

    1. Yes happy is not it, it is only through my own experience that I can say I truly got to understand and feel the true meaning of joy, joy was never a word I ever used. Now I say my everyday is full of joy as I wake and sleep, through my own daily choices.

  140. ‘Why do we not wake feeling the lightness and joy we did when we were young and that we know we naturally are?’ This is such a great question to ask as we have accepted and normalised a lesser way of being. Underneath, we all know that living life in function, getting by and using sporadic and infrequent peak moments of happiness are not it, yet this is what we have settled for. As young children, it is totally normal to feel connected to the body, leap out of bed in the morning ready to go, express from the heart, live in the moment, be open to feeling everything and so on. The smallest thing seems to ignite that joy, but that joy is ignited so fast because it is already lived and connected to.

  141. In simply coming to re-read this blog I can feel how the way in which I have been living this week, specifically at work, has meant that I have been reacting to the situation around me on a more subtle level than I have been aware of before but that this is also what limits the space I feel in which I also feel me and the joy of just doing things with myself and expressing this with others.

    1. I totally get this and need to bring great understanding to myself when I realise I have shut down my relationship with the joy and sparkle in life; the fact is that the world is not set up for us to keep this alive and on show. This understanding supports me to quietly but surely re-ignite my connection to joy, simply because it feels great and is simple.

  142. The joy that lives inside us as children is always there waiting to be let out and expressed and in this the joy expands through our body with a freedom and movement that is delicious and very real when felt.

    1. So true Tricia – it’s as though we need this inspiration from a child to ignite this simple joy that deep down we innately know.

  143. My children remind me every day that medicine is joy – and that there is so much we hold onto as adults that stop us from feeling joy.

    1. It is beautiful how children are connected to their essence, and how the easily remind us that by just being who we are we are connecting to our joy.

    2. Its no wonder that older people generally love to have children around them, as they are such a great reminder of how easy it is to be joyful. Whats significant here is to ask ourselves why we would let go of that joyful innocence in the first place?

  144. “Magic moments” – the gentle visit from a robin flown onto an outdoor stairway step I am about to step onto is a magic moment where I feel how this little bird with its open red breast shares its heavenly communication with me about the magic of myself and the magic of the universe.

  145. We only need one or a few to start living a joyful life, that life in which you do forget happy because of the grandness of that inner joy inside, to inspire other people and to let it spread through the ripple effect the blog is talking about, forth to many other people in the world. It is possibly not to imagine how big our influence is by simply choosing that inner joy above the commonplace quest for the never lasting happiness instead.

  146. Could it be that by simply suspending disbelief, doubt, complication and all the other well known and anticipated as normal human behaviours, we find that these behaviours are not normal to us at all but a taken on belief that life should be like this?

  147. The more I get to understand who I truly am the more ease I feel within myself to bring a joy to living.

    1. Because we are joy from our essence and when we start to live that, we cannot other than bring that joy everywhere where we go.

      1. Absolutely we are joy from our essence, when we connect to our essence and live that we feel the joy vibrate through us and out to others. It is so beautiful to be in the vibration of joy.

  148. “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.” Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 596
    Such wise words from the fathomless well of Ancient Wisdom as accessed by Serge. Once experienced, this simply cannot be denied.

  149. Living the essence of our whole body comes with a joy and a wisdom which is far greater than the reductionism of the mind.

  150. It is quite possible though to wake up, feeling refreshed and knowing now is the time to get up.

  151. Waking up heavily might be a momentum from the previous day, especially how we went to sleep that night?

  152. If a little girl with squeaky shoes can have such a huge impact on everyone around her, then I would say yes, this joy and delight in life is definitely the way to make the world the place we yearn for.

    1. And we have all been that little girl or boy who had that twinkle in their eyes that made people melt and feel that inner joy of stillness that at times is hard to find in our nowadays communities. So when we had it as a child we can claim it back when we have lost it and live from that inner joy we lived with as a child once again.

  153. We can spend a lot of effort, time and money trying to obtain moments of happiness and then keeping them, when all the time it is only an elevated moment which is follow by a low one.

  154. ‘If we suspend disbelief, self-doubt, complication and whatever else we use to make life a struggle and allow ourselves to quietly but surely build a relationship with appreciation,…’ amazing to feel how simple it can be to undo the things we bring in to delay being ourselves with appreciation.

  155. Being in our essence knows the innocence of not being tainted or touched by the pictures and expectations of creation, a state of being natural for when we were children and hence us returning to that childlike state.

    1. Our essence is pure and heavenly, not tainted by anyone or anything. That’s why we are so pure when we are children we are heavenly at that age.

  157. Today I noticed how in an area of my life I have been adopting a miserable look and holding back relationship- there was nothing like the joy expressed by the little girl in this blog. As I looked at myself in the mirror while considering this, my face transformed into a huge smile and twinkling eyes. I realized all I had to do was to choose to change my response and it would be done.

  158. I love how children remind us of the lightness and joy we naturally are, we have so much to learn from them, they are just as much our teacher as we are theirs.

  159. It’s easy for us to think we are dealing with our issues on our own and therefore not imposing them on others but in truth if we are not living joyfully, everything we are living in stead is imposed on others anyway, such is our responsibility to live to the best of our ability, the joy that we are.

    1. So true.. if we’re stuck in our heads and indulging in our issues we’re not in life but separated from it: no joy, no connection.

  160. I was thinking yesterday when one inconsiderate driver caused a lot of mayhem, how far the ripples of that go. There were two lanes of traffic merging into one and everyone was decent letting the one in front merge in and then this guy comes flying in from nowhere and makes the whole thing bottleneck. This made me wonder what the ratio is between decent people and not, as in this case it was one bad egg out of maybe one hundred. It seems the actions of a few can seriously change the balance of what is going on whether it be for joy or annoyance.

  162. There is so much that we put in the way of experiencing the joy that is all around us in our simple interactions with life, I remember statements that said” life was not meant to be easy, life is a serious matter ” life is a struggle, so as adults we grow up believing this is the way, we forget the simplicity joy and freedom we felt as a child, and instead of joy which lives within we search without looking for some far off happy moments.

  163. Beautiful; ‘So, what if, in accepting the impact we have in our every move, we take up the joyful responsibility of living with a quality, care and appreciation that builds and reflects these attributes back to others.’

  164. Joy is not something we tend to experience in our relationships let alone with ourselves. I have found rediscovering the joy within myself a magical change in my own relationship with my wife. It is now a playful lightness of joy between us rather than the usual seriousness that used to pervade.

  165. Embracing the joy and lightness also asks us to accept and let go of the sadness of having ‘lost’ and not lived it for a while hence the resistance to face the hurt, regret and holding on to the protection we got used to, but as said by Serge, ‘…(it) is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.”

  166. Connecting to and living from our essence is the greatest joy within we can ever feel and be and is everything we are all searching for and missing in our lives with the magical moments all around us to support us joyfully.

  167. It’s a gift to have a reflection of joy around us, not to simply enjoy but to realise that this is who we are and it is for all of us to live and offer.

  168. We travel through life like a snowball, collecting stuff outside of us that becomes part of our whole and forgetting we all started as a tiny unique snowflake. Do we remember catching our first snowflake and how joyful is it was?

  169. That child was truly joy-full, bubbling over with her every squeak from the shoes she was wearing. No agenda, no ulterior motives, no one to impress and nothing to hide – no wonder we so take to children and what they bring to us; a reminder of what we might have forsaken?

  170. It struck me how heavy living from the governance of the mind can be rather from the heart first and then incorporating the mind.

  171. Magic moments are great medicine. In those moments, our hearts expand and the whole body responds with such a joyous uplift that a tremendous sense of wellbeing cannot be denied. We can’t but help share the moment with another and the magic and medicine gets spread further.

  172. Vastly different and will be as the more we live in connection to our hearts, our love within, the light of our Soul the more we reflect the vibration of what is in fact our true way of being for all to also remember and align to. The restoration of this foundation has most definitely begun by the Livingness of many today, inspired by Serge Benhayon and The Way of The Livingness.

  173. “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.” Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 596. There is so much to ponder on and so much wisdom, and truth, in all the books Serge Benhayon has and continues to publish. As here in just 2 sentences so very much is given. I mean these 2 sentences alone will put us back on track to a path of truth and love if we so allow it.

  174. Moments such as these are medicine for everyone.True joy is shared and everyone feels it and then the ripple effect continues. We need to make these the everyday ordinary moments rather than the exception.

  175. How many of us as a humanity can honestly say we live with joy every day? And why is it that living with joy is not our normal? We have wandered far from even knowing what joy is and most seek happiness even it for just a moment, and we settle for this. Yet there is much much more for us to live, and through The Way of The Livingness I along with many others have discovered how this is not only possible but is being lived today. In returning to live in connection to our essence, the love we are within, the joy of this connection is naturally expressed and lived as a reflection of who we in-truth all are in essence, that which we are all born to live together.

  176. Great question and I find myself contemplating why in the moments when there seems no apparent joy why I have stopped feeling my own connection to it within me and then being the point of offering this to others, rather than join them in that which is not expressed from within.

  177. How we put ourselves to sleep can also impact the level of ‘fogginess’ we feel in the morning and clarity we have to wake up and take the opportunity of a new day.

  178. ‘Happy’ needs debunking; it is changeable and fickle, dependent on outer circumstances or other people – joy is universal.

  179. I love observing and being with children, they ignite the natural curiosity and joy we all hold inside.

  180. Something like these shoes of that girl is a great bridge to overcome the inhibition level between people. What I also realised that having a dog is a great bridge also. With a dog, you talk suddenly with each other. It is so obvious that we are all seeking connection, no matter how much we are isolated from the outside, everyone carries this innate craving for belonging and connection.

    1. Yes.. I was with a friend of mine and her two small children the other day, and she remarked how even going for a walk with the kids and making eye contact with a passer-by lifted her up and made her feel more connected and less on her own. It’s like when we walk past someone and smile or connect in some way – it touches us deeply because it’s what we know, deeply: love and connection with others that affirms a deeper connection within, and beyond us: that knowing that we are part of something much greater than ourselves.

    2. It is true we are all seeking connection and I really noticed this the other day when in a supermarket I went to a checkout and started talking to the woman working on it and she lit up and started chatting away. What I also realised is that when we shop etc how we can be completely in our own little world and treat others (ie. workers in shops) without any respect or as an equal but a more of ‘I am busy and do not want to connect just do your job’ kind of vibe. I guess the thing amongst all of this is to first know how to re-connect with ourselves #GentleBreathMeditation http://www.unimedliving.com/meditation/free

      1. How many gorgeous moments we miss during a day, when we don´t connect to the people that are constellated to meet?! How poor a day is, when we stay isolated with us and in fact not even being with us, as we let thoughts run the day and not our body. A true rich day is, when I feel myself and express that in every situation possible.

  181. “For the elderly residents, interacting with the kids is a jolt back to the world of the living” a headline quote taken from The Atlantic newspaper. A project in Seattle USA brings children into care homes to interact and play with elders.. “Socializing across generations has also been shown to increase the amount of smiling and conversation among older adults” The same practice is being replicated in the UK and Europe, rather than separate generations, inter-generational communities are being fostered.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/01/the-preschool-inside-a-nursing-home/424827/

    1. I have heard about these models as well; it does not make sense to have ghettoes or silos, as in elders in one spot and children in another. We are one and enrich each other vastly, given half a chance.

  182. The moment we connect with each other in a natural light and playful way, our hearts open up and we get reminded that we all belong together. The greatest joy indeed.

  183. Appreciation would indeed be the silent world changer. What seems to be more evident these days is how we complicate things so that we can live in the struggle of life instead of the joy of it.

  184. I walk the dogs around a lake close by where I live a least once a day and since reading this blog I have made a point of smiling and saying hello to as many people as I can, and you can just tell sometimes that it can lift someone’s day and we may never know the knock on effect of that but adding a little joy here and there can never be a bad thing.

  185. To live from and with our whole body and not just our heads is the key to living a life of joy, and it’s available to us all, life indeed truly is medicine.

  186. It is true that many people wake up in the morning feeling tired or sluggish and we don’t question this or why it might be happening but what if our natural way was to wake up joyful and full of vitality?

  187. We are all born with the spark of joy within that has nothing to hold it back, and we express openly, who we are naturally. Many things outside of us attempt to quench our joy, that can have long-lasting effects.

  188. “It was an instance of twinkle and joy… a moment that touched many.” And we can all ignite these instances when we express from our honest, innocent joy, from a fleeting smile when we catch someone’s eye to sharing an appreciation with people in passing, there are many ways to light up each other’s hearts in the midst of our day.

    1. Yes I agree there are many moments available for us to share our joy with each other and it is so important to keep things light and playful even when life gets intense or busy.

  189. As I build a relationship with appreciation, I know my life is more filled with magic moments that bring joy into my life. Even when the appreciation is for uncovering difficult/challenging moments, the magic is still there.

  190. Appreciating whatever any 24 hour cycle presents before us as a blessing, is key to a deeper level of awareness of all the magic moments that are there to support us embracing life and evolution in full.
    “With our eyes and hearts open, willingly accepting and embracing all the possibilities and sparkles that rain down in our days, could we start to value and appreciate the quality of these magic moments for the life-changing medicine they offer?”

  191. “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.” When we start to feel burdened by life we settle for happy and we forget about the innate joy that is there, but we only have to look at a young child to know how natural joy is and what a very poor substitute happiness is, which is much more fleeting.

  192. Young children and dogs are such a great reflection of how joy, love and playfulness are infectious and when expressed can touch so many people. The thing is who said we as adults can not live the same?

    1. We have no choice in the matter of growing up and being older, but we never outgrow the joy that is always within us all, but that get out of jail free card; free will, allows us the choice to ignore it!

  193. The joy and freedom of being a child, many of us elders have that too, as we no longer have parents to tell us off, although some of our education and conditioning could be so deeply embedded into our psyche that we find it hard to express with absolute freedom.

    1. Great point – the joy is always there but many choose to bury it under many layers of concrete, the unresolved hurts carried over from childhood.

  194. I can remember when i was young, waking up excited for the day for no reason other than because its another day. I then remember getting older and missing that feeling, instead waking up tired and unwilling to meet the day. I must admit, i am still working back to the feeling of lightness when i wake up but i know it is possible

    1. There are different responsibilities when you become an adult, which can sometimes feel like a burden. Accepting your power does though bring back the joy to live and accept that. Suddenly the responsibility is a great confirmation of your own power which is there to serve a greater purpose.

      1. Well said – there are responsibilities and commitments that can make us feel weighed down, but the more we see them as part of our purpose and commitment to life, the less of a struggle life becomes

  195. ‘So, what if, in accepting the impact we have in our every move, we take up the joyful responsibility of living with a quality, care and appreciation that builds and reflects these attributes back to others and into the foundations of our communities, which then have their own ongoing ripple effect?’ Would we then respect and honour another’s joy for the absolute blessing and reflection it is rather than try to crush their joy out of comparison and jealousy?

  196. “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.”
    Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 550
    How beautiful this is. To return to that quality of innocence of a child that involves the whole body, without all the baggage that we pick up along the journey of life is truly a choice that is undeniably one that is worth taking.

  197. This is a great call to not only observe moments of joy in others but to live joyfully and offer them to all ourselves.

    1. Beautiful Michael, children reflect the potential within all of us to be our tender and joy-full selves and in this way we inspire others.

  198. Yesterday I was at the local primary school and there was a little boy who said that he was so happy that he had to dance, and he did. His whole body was joyfully dancing as we walked around the playing field looking for alive, dead and never alive objects.

  200. This blog brought back a very fond memory of a friend of mine’s little girl walking through the clubhouse bar at the marina where we lived with squeaky shoes that also lit up, which in turn also lit up everyone in the clubhouse.

  201. “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.”
    Serge Benhayon An Open Letter to Humanity, p 596
    This is so true. Having lived a life without this joy for many years, and having rediscovered it thanks to the teachings of Serge Benhayon and the healing modalites of Universal Medicine, I can unresevedly agree that this is indeed the truth.

  202. “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.” Took me a quite a few years to fully appreciate the wisdom of these words and to see them for the truth they are. Happiness tends to be a fluctuating emotion that rests on external factors. Joy is a warm quality that burns steadily within that keeps on growing the more we bring a focus to the quality of our breath, movements and depth of honesty.

  203. When we allow ourselves to express the joy we feel from within it is shared with everyone, it is impossible to contain it. As children, we easily express joy and as adults, nothing much has changed except we seem to forget that joy is still very much a part of us waiting to be expressed.

  204. When it comes to our health we focus a lot on food, sleep and exercise but we forget how important the relationship with ourself and others are, how we are from moment to moment, how we feel in our own body, how much we accept and embrace ourselves and allow ourselves to bring it out into the world.

  205. Life can become mundane and meaningless and when it comes to such a point then we realise we have lost our mojo, lost our spark and lost the purpose of what we do each and every day. If it feels like groundhog day with a repetition of sorts each and every day and every thing feels like a chore, and the only thing we look forwards to are those so called moments of break (the weekend, the holiday, the trip away etc) …then we have well and truly fallen for the tricks of the temporal world and made life about the doing and not the being. We are human beings after all, and so the quality of being is what brings the quality into the doing. If we appreciate and value ourselves and others deeply then each interaction, each action and each doing holds a meaning that is magical – and this is what brings us joy in each ground hog day that we live upon this planet – true purpose restored.

    1. I have heard it said that if you find a job you love, you will never work again. But, if you love yourself, any job you do is an opportunity to bring joy to whatever we turn our hand too!

  206. “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.” – This is a beautiful quote by Serge Benhayon and is a reminder of what we have all been born with and know so well, yet have all walked away from. It is there for us to return to at any point. The mind will continue to govern the show till such time that we bring back the voice of the body and let it sing freely.

  207. Magic moments as you have described, do offer us all life changing moments. Thank you Judy and Matilda for your gorgeous reminder of being open to seeing and feeling the joy that is abundantly in us waiting to spill out.

  208. With the word magic being made by us into something that happens only in a show or in a children’s movie we have lost the eye for the true magic in life. The true magic that is in the simple things in life like you describe in this blog, but there are so many other ways that magic occurs like meeting someone and sharing a joyful smile looking each other in the eye, nature has its ways of magic too where it can just have that feather falling before your feet.

  209. What a child can reflect to us is the joy that is possible to hold in our lives each day. This in itself is Medicine – connecting to and living this joy that is reflected to others.

    1. It certainly is HM and it makes me wonder why we lose our connection to joy as we grow up? I know holding onto our hurts has a lot to do with us not being open to living this joy and sharing it with the rest of the world.

    2. And hence we are constantly reminded that joy is a constant that never really leaves us, we just allow it to get buried under the stresses and strains of life. However, our inner joy is the eternal antidote for these stresses and strains. What a grace we have through work of Serge Benhayon, which teaches us how to retrieve and cherish it for the benefit of all.

  210. When someone does anything with the fullness of love and joy that is their innate essence, it is a gorgeous reflection of everyone’s true selves – an invitation to ignite the same inner vibration. It is incidental what the activity, whether squeaking down the mall, cleaning up, having a conversation or typing on the keyboard.

  211. I just love coming back to this blog and its reminder of the beauty and magic in simplicity. When we live life connected to our body, the simplicity is naturally there.

    1. Joy resides within us all! But over time, we forget where we put it from lack of use. When adults tell children, they are naughty is this a reflection to them, that they have forgotten what joy is?

  212. By reducing ourselves to the physical and discounting the fact that we are so much more than only the flesh, we deny our multidimensionality and thus the magic. Our connection to our origin, the universe, and expression from there is what brings out magic.

  213. It’s well known that children bounce back much quicker than adults when sick. Yes they have different bodies than adults. At nursing school we were always learning that children are not small adults. But I have always wondered about their capacity to bounce back from illness. When they are sick, they are sick. Then when they are no longer sick, they are back to themselves. I have always felt that it’s much more that children having different bodies than adults.

  214. Medicine is every moment, every choice and every movement. How much we have narrowed what Medicine truly means.

    1. Also by narrowing what Medicine truly means we can make ourselves very sick. When we understand that life is medicine, this means we also understand that we are all healers as well and this calls us to take more responsibility for life.

  215. I find it unbelievable that we have been on this planet so long and haven’t all figured out there is no reason we have to shut down the joy we have when we are young in order to try and fit in to what is going on around us. Many children hold this sparkle up into a few years into starting school so we do have to look at what and how education and the way it is done affects us.

  216. Such a beautiful example of the fact that every move we make in joy can be a very healing form of medicine, both for us and for all those around us. So, then it follows, if we move in sadness, anger or frustration for example, the medicine is not healing in any way, but harming to all; the quality of the medicine comes down to the quality of the energy we choose to move in.

  217. I can relate to that Alison. Appreciating and embracing every moment, now that’s a great way to live the day.

  218. Those inspiring moments are the ones that remind us our divine origin and lightness. Just being open and letting them in, is a loving and instant choice through which we are able to re-connect with our same nature.

  219. There is so much we can re-learn from a child that has not yet sold themselves out to the world. The magic and joy of youth never leave us; we choose to put it on the shelf.

  220. The fact that we live looking forward to rare ‘magic moments’ in life, shows how we’ve got life the wrong way about: every moment here is full of magic, if we stop looking forward and start feeling what’s there.

  223. We have a true responsibility to not get caught up in the false version of adult responsibility in all its seriousness and to bring joy in all we do.

    1. Well said Michael, for without the joy in all we do, without the laughter and the lightness, we are just as lost even if we are ticking all the boxes and being responsible.

  224. It’s highly unlikely that the random strangers we remember meeting those many years ago who said something which brightened up our day, inspired us to be more or changed the way we viewed the world were thinking, ‘I’m going to change someone’s life today’, however it’s in being open with people that all of this is possible – these magic moments and conversations.

  225. Without seeing the ‘the joy that sparkles’ in so many moments the mundaneness and meaninglessness that life otherwise seems to be will wear us down, reduce us to being mere human beings without that innate divine spark being ignited, expressed and shared.

  226. There are so many magical moments in a day when we are open to them. But when I am worried, more in my head and less connected to my body and/or to other people, I tend to miss or overlook the wonders of life.

  227. “And we have no idea how far this spreads beyond this shopping mall to conversations and interactions throughout all the lives of the people who witnessed this.” With this sentence you reveal how far reaching our every move has unbeknownst to us. We contribute and change a lot in this world simply by our living ways.

  228. The joy from appreciation of the magical moments that are always there to be seen and felt is beautiful and lights up our lives for all to sparkle and see and true living medicine is alive and felt.

  229. For those who may be asking, ‘but how do I live from my essence?’ I’d say it’s easier than one thinks. In fact, it starts by not thinking at all. Go with the flow of what your body says. Your head totally gets in the way. And there are joyful moments taking place all around us each and every day – appreciate those little moments and let yourself feel that joy.

  230. Love this opportunity to consider how we wake up each day, and how this sets the tone for the rest of the day. This always depends on how I have gone to bed the night before, and the care I take with that. A great and supportive reminder that our choices have a ripple effect even on how we feel – they don’t end with the end of the day, but stay with us and stay in our bodies until we clear them.

  231. I love this quote you’ve shared with us by Serge Benhayon, “Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.” so true and why not let it out, what is holding us back from living and expressing the joy that is in all of us?

  233. I recently had a session with a dress designer and it was such fun, I was enjoying and celebrating being me, just like I used to when I was small before I shut everything down.

  234. Thank you Matilda, I got into a muddle yesterday and now I can clearly see that appreciation was lacking. I love how appreciation can bring us back to where we are at and allow for a new starting point.

    1. Yes, me too Andrew and everywhere we go, we have access to this joy that is within us all and how powerful is that? No need to search high and low for joy, as we already have access to it at any time and anywhere.

  236. “In our daily lives how often do we allow ourselves to see and feel the opportunities presented to realise the joy that sparkles in often unexpected places and situations?” So true – to look for the sparkles rather than the ‘ain’t it awful’ actually transforms one’s day.

  237. The joy we feel as children is there because there is no self-doubt or feeling less; simply a feeling of fullness, of being in the body, of innocence and of love. This is our natural state and it is ours to claim with authority.

    1. And, let’s celebrate the joy we have inside by letting it out and allow ourselves and everyone else to feel and experience it.

  238. A three year old girl walks into a lift with her mother and grandmother and absolutely fills the whole space with her presence, conversation and joy, nothing held back.

  239. Every second is to be appreciated. A bus journey can shift from mundane to inspiring once we connect with the people on the bus. For example choosing to sit among a group of young boys aged twelve or thirteen I was able to feel their still tender and quiet selves and eaves dropping to their conversations a joy.

  242. That realisation moment when I started to understand that every choice I make has an impact on everyone, no matter where or who or what they are in relation to me, has been one the hardest things to accept because taking life to that level of attention to energy and my responsibility in that is massive. Yet when you start to live in an awareness of how you are, the quality I am choosing and the connection to my inner essence, it just becomes your every day and something very normal. The old normal starts to stand out as abnormal and unsupportive or unloving.

    1. When did we leave our joy in the box, on the shelf? When this should always be the hood ornament on our vehicle of expression!

    2. Yes taking responsibility for every choice, including thoughts words and deeds is huge, and the ripples that emanate out – most of which we have no idea about. I was at a Chris James workshop this weekend and we appreciated the others in a small group. For myself I knew of a few of my characteristics, but was blown away by the effect and the ripples I had made on others. It was so lovely to truly appreciate others – for their qualities – not what they do.

  243. When a little girl with squeaky shoes comes into our lives, the joy can be instantly there. This shows me that the joy is there, right in us, waiting to be ‘set free’ so to speak but often we wait for these moments for it to be set free and erupt joyously from our bodies. What if we were to bring more of these moments into our lives by being ourselves?

  244. We can make life so complicated that we lose sight of the simple delights that are there to be enjoyed and celebrated. It is so beautiful when the innocence of a child reflects with such ease who we really are, light, bright and playful Beings.

    2. And why would we let go of this joyfulness that we are naturally born with? Children’s reflections are a blessing for us all when they are simply being themselves, the joy just shines out of them with abundance.

  245. That is why life is medicine. The way we live our lives and allow magic in our days determines how we feel and how our bodies are influenced and impacted.

  249. When reflected a moment of pure joy as described in this blog, it is as if someone is giving a little tug to my heart, allowing it to burst open and feel the same within myself. This is the power of reflection, the reminder of these qualities in ourselves and then passing it on through our own movements to others. And this is how the world is changed, movement by movement rippling across this earth.

  250. What a gorgeous example of the impact living the innate joy within us can have on everyone around and in fact the whole of life. Yes True Medicine.

  251. Appreciation when lived is no doubt a game changer. Appreciate our being, who we are in truth and then the ripple effect of our lived way goes out to appreciating everything and everyone…

  252. We have so many opportunities each day to appreciate magic moments and children can often be the key to unlocking the joy of living life without protection.

  254. We cannot discount the true medicine that joy and love bring to people. I’ve been in many situations where I have had the opportunity to be loving, warm, kind and caring to others, just being myself, and it’s been deeply touching for people to feel how genuine the exchange was, and the beauty, warmth and care shown to me was also deeply beneficial.

  256. I woke a little foggy today, so interesting that I read this after my day. I have recently bought some socks with some ‘bling’ (sparkly, shiny bits) and felt to wear them today, not to brighten myself up, just because I wanted to. Even though no-one else got to see my new socks, every time I walked in them I felt very playful. As a result I didn’t take in anything that was going on in the office and there was a bit happening. I offered to assist by seeing another client and I simply wasn’t buying in on the stress. Allowing ourselves to be our natural selves certainly supports us in many ways but also has a ripple effect that we may not necessarily be aware of at the time.

  257. Magic moments and joy should be our norm, instead of trying to find a happy moment that leaves us feeling empty once over and a forever seeking to be fulfilled by the next one.

  258. We all know these moments but we have accepted them for being rare as life and its busyness is what is more important. But is it? How would life be if we allowed our own sparkle light the way in everything we do? Then there simply cannot be a dull or too stressful moment in our life, as the business in our life is then simply what we do but does not define who we are.

    1. I love your suggestion, Esther, if our own sparkle is the norm and leads the way, life will be sort of ‘upside down’. Our movements will be harmonious and the foundation of unity and love will be felt by everyone else too.

  260. We have a million ‘issues’ that weigh us down but haven’t admitted to ourselves that we always have a simple choice to choose something else. Like a simple light switch – all we actually need do is flick it back to be ‘on’.

  261. Sometimes I look at myself and it feels as though I am living on a basis that being myself is an effort, and that is just ridiculous, but I do actually. Like, being joy-full is an effort, being loving is an effort etc. and in that I would try even harder – which just makes no sense at all as there’s no trying or efforting required to be who we are, and untangling those mental complexities is not a job for the mind and I totally agree – those moments of pure joy are such great medicine.

  262. Just reading about the little girl and her shoes brings that moment to life, so how do these moments affect us and what would life be like if they were our everyday?

  263. I have just spent a whole weekend working on deepening my connection with my body and re-discovering that innocence and playfulness and joy of a child who simply expresses what they feel from their body without hesitation, judgement or self-doubt. It is a beautiful thing to experience and also very inspiring and unifying for others to feel, as you have described here in your blog so well guys.

  264. This inner joy comes from a true and deep appreciation of ourselves. When we allow apprecaition into our lives, we cannot help but be joyful.

    1. Very beautifully expressed Sandra. So many of us have suppressed joy for so long, to slowly peel off the layers of protection requires us to use the tools of appreciation and allow joy to shine through. It is so natural to us but not so commonly lived in our current society.

  266. “could this be the silent world changer that we are all privately yearning for?” Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are making a very loud ‘squeak’ in the Hall of the Ageless Wisdom and it is making a joyful ripple effect through the childhood heart of humanity.

  267. “To return to the essence of your whole body, as all children naturally are, and not just the governance from your mind, is in itself an enrichment that is well worth taking, whatever steps are required to do so.” As adults, we can be so lost as to forget, even when presented with the richness of a child in their bodies, the joy of what being connected to the body means. The beautiful thing is that connecting to the body really only does take moments and with practice, it can be more and more sustained.

  268. I heard about a court room situation once where the judge was about to pass sentence and someone in the court farted and the whole room erupted with laughter. This proves to me we are all kids at heart and that life doesn’t have to be so serious and joy will explode if we just let it out.

    1. That is pretty funny Kev, you’ve reminded me to not be so serious sometimes and let out the joy as it is unnatural for us to contain it or hide it.

  270. Thank you Matilda and Judy for the great reminder that each of us can change the world by living the joy we have inside of us – I certainly live it to the best of my ability and I only can recommend it.

  271. “…In that moment in the shopping mall, that particular community were offered the blessing of no boundaries, no attachment, no expectations LOVE… pure and simple, always on offer and waiting to be noticed, embraced and enjoyed….” This beautifully shows how our response to joy is joy… we recognise it, know it, some live it effortlessly, some miss it… whatever.. Joy / Love is the essence within every man.

  274. I have stopped reading this blog to share that reading the combination of the words ‘twinkle’ and ‘joy’ was for me, a magical moment. Especially the word ‘twinkle’, when I read it, it had a profound effect on my body; my body remembered magical childhood feelings that were in some way connected with the word twinkle. I absolutely loved glitter as a child, it held a deeper meaning for me, an almost magical feeling and reading the word ‘twinkle’ reminded me of glitter. Magical moments can be oh so small, like the tiniest of twinkly jewels.

  276. Forget ‘happy’ – ‘Happy’ is the looked for to have the ‘perfect’ and ‘successful’ life yet the common feeling is when people get there they are not satisfied. Serge’s last quote nails this, if we are disconnected to who we truly are then we will always feel less until such time when we connect and be all of who we are. Love this clarity and simplicity.

  277. ‘If we suspend disbelief, self-doubt, complication and whatever else we use to make life a struggle…’ wow, this could not be a timelier thing for me to read and I observe myself making life a struggle and ask the deeper question of why. Thank you Matilda.

      1. So true Simon and leads to another question – why do I not want life to be simple and lived with ease?

  278. We often strive to be happy, there are many songs throughout the music industry written to tell us to ‘be happy’ and we can convince ourselves we are happy but this feeling never seems to last. But, when we connect to the joy that resides within us, it is always there waiting for us to tap into, express and share with the world.

  279. Spending time with young children is a joy – they see wonder and fun in everything, and anything can be a game. There is no drudgery and no struggle to life, something we only learn later on. But why? Why do we give in to the structure that tells us life can’t be light hearted and fun even when we are taking out the trash or doing our taxes?

    1. Life tells us to leave our childish behaviours behind and join the madness we call living. We replace joy with a rubber-stamped smile and the automatic response when asked, ‘how are you’ with Fine. It is always the time to break the mould! Next time you are asked that question, tell them really how you feel, from the inner child that never leaves us!

      1. I agree – we are taught to see wild and unrestricted joy as a childish thing but so what if it is? It’s got to be better than the often stressed out, exhausting and depressing thing ‘adults’ call life!

  280. ‘Happy’ is a filler we use when we live void of the true joy that burns within us always. Children are a great reminder of how to simply access this quality of our Soul.

  281. It is genuinely inspiring to witness and appreciate the ripple effect of true joy and the powerful effect of what is getting communicated by that quality.

  282. One of the great things about growing up is that we can revisit that joy and express it permanently and learn how to deal with it when circumstances make it harder to express that joy.

  284. In our connection to love there is a joy that is naturally present, one that is not for us to keep to ourselves but for all to know and feel that this is our innate way of being. Such is our purpose of living every day together, to awaken the joy of our Livingness, live our potential as Sons of God and walk our Godliness.

  285. The ability of children to make any moment a magic moment I agree is deeply touching and joyful. It is something that we can ALL live because the child lives within each and every one of us all of the time – the question is, do we choose to let it out?

  286. A beautiful call to let our joy out and have fun. We spend so much time trying to get our way, invite in drama or dwell in things, but in all that we have every moment there for us to just be in joy.

    1. I love what you’ve shared HM, we constantly have access to joy, so why aren’t we utilising this to the max and sharing with the world how much joy is actually within us all?

  287. Very sweet to watch a child’s uninhibited enjoyment of the simple little things – a squeaking shoe – what fun! I love that this was noticed by others and taken out beyond the shopping mall whether that be in conversation or a private ‘clocking’ of the way she lights up and the simplicity she showed everyone.

  288. Ooh, I love that image of the girl and her squeaky shoes. The joy comes through the sharing of it. I can feel her delight and the delight of those who saw her that day. Thanks for sharing.

  289. A whole-bodied, whole-hearted yes to all of that.. life is constantly offering us magic – a fullness of joy and love available to all of us, equally, that is beyond the comprehension of our minds but deeply felt, known and acknowledged in our bodies. We may have covered up that joy and love with layers of complication and issues, but they remain nonetheless, untarnished and waiting to be felt and expressed.

  290. When I am feeling out of sorts, there is nothing like watching a child just be themselves and feel the joy.
    I am always going to the 3 year old and how they see life, it is a great reminder of how we were and how we can be. We never lose it!

  291. I love this, reading it makes me realise how complicated we make life and how unnatural it is for us to live with self-doubt, we didn’t as a child and we do not need to as an adult; ”If we suspend disbelief, self-doubt, complication and whatever else we use to make life a struggle and allow ourselves to quietly but surely build a relationship with appreciation, could this be the silent world changer that we are all privately yearning for?’

  292. Judy and Matilda, this is a great question; ‘Why do we not wake feeling the lightness and joy we did when we were young and that we know we naturally are?’ My son wakes up everyday joyfully and vital, I can feel that this is our natural way.

  293. I love this story of the little girl joyfully taking every step. When I see little people, what stands out that is different between them and teenagers or adults, is that they appreciate the smallest things in their day, really their every moment that makes you stop and lighten up. I think, what must they think when they look at the adults in their lives who are stressed, overwhelmed, complicate the smallest things, and are unhappy in their jobs. Does it make them go, ‘great I look forward to growing up’ or ‘where’s their joy gone?’. We have a responsibility to reflect and confirm the joy that lives within each and every one of us.

  294. When we recognise a moment as being magic and brings joy, it highlights and reminds us how this feeling is always, constantly inside our body…that it was something that assisted us to tap into it. Appreciating these magic moments shows us of the potential that the way we live our life life can be one continuous magic moment rather than seemingly separate moments of feeling our innate innermost joy or magic.

  295. ‘Whilst shopping today there was a little girl in a shopping mall wearing sandals with a built-in squeaker and with every step she took she visibly delighted in these shoes and the noise they made.’ A beautiful example of how joy in one can support others to connect very simply to the joy in themselves, for if it were not naturally in us all we would not be affected by it.

  297. I love the example of the little girl in the shopping mall. You are correct it has gone way further than the mall itself. It has even touched my heart 😊. A perfect example of Serge Benhayon’s quote: ““Forget ‘happy’, there is no joy greater than the one that lives inside you. Let it out and you will feel the immutable truth of these words.”

  298. We can fall into the trap of absorbing the lack of joy in others around us and become that. It’s a connection to an absolute truth that inevitably brings joy.

  299. A blog inspiring joy and lightness on reading about the young girl free in her movement and expression of joy with her squeaky shoes. The magic of this child (and all others), is still within us all and offers a beautiful reminder to be aware of the choices we are living daily..

  300. If we lived, knowing that the reflection we offer another can have such a profound effect, then I suspect the community around us would look very different. It is not slow, it is not zombie like, it is purpose-full, caring and committed. Count me in, and rather than wait for further reflections in my life – I will commit to living that to the best of my ability.

  301. So true Matilda and Judy. Our real and very alive medicine in the joy that resides within us. Learning how to hold that near and dear in our busy lives is a skill well worth embodying and one that paradoxically, is also immensely infectious too!

  302. A reflection of this natural, uncontained, unrestrained playfulness which lives in a child’s body is enough to remind even the most introspective person who they are deep down inside. I love this about children and how they play when they don’t care if anyone is watching.

  304. We are the ones that add such unnecessary complications to our lives, whereas if we do strip all this away we can enjoy the joy and love that is on offer and that will constellate around us.

    1. Yes, we are working hard at being serious grown up’s and losing ourselves as well as the joy while we are at it.

  305. Children are such delightful bringers of magic moments into our lives, moments like you describe which, to me, are absolutely the best medicine. But sadly, often as adults we have our serious faces on and as a result we miss the moments, the magic and the true medicine these naturally joyful beings are offering us.

  306. Thank you Matilda and Judy, a lovely reminder of the innate joy that lives within. It is well worth becoming reacquainted and in fact in relationship, with this part of ourselves… the beautiful being that resides inside us all.

  307. ‘And we have no idea how far this spreads beyond this shopping mall to conversations and interactions throughout all the lives of the people who witnessed this.’ You have just taken this further and shared the joy by expressing the moment with the little girl and her squeaker shoes here … it sounds super cute and adorable and so the ripple of that moment continues.

    2. We often have no idea of the effect we have on others, and this little girl’s joy has become a point of reflection for hundreds of people around the globe just from the one sharing by Matilda and Judy.

    3. Yes, sometimes there are articles in the paper about such events where somebody spreads joy and it can lift a lot of people.

  308. We have no idea that when we walk down a street and smile at a complete stranger what effect it will have on their lives, but we know how we feel when someone truly meets us.

    1. Young children are a great reflection of this transparency, as they have not yet applied a filter or layer of protection over how they see the world and how the world sees them. Our job as parents and carers is to preserve this openness and not let it get crushed by all that the world (e.g. education systems and parenting void of true love and connection) imposes on the child.

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