| Innocence. What does that mean to you? And | | | | means it is packed away, buried, hidden, hidden |
| how about awe? Can you remember a time in | | | | perhaps behind social conditioning, behind what you |
| your life when your whole attention for that | | | | were told by your "everybody". Once you start |
| moment was focused on something, anything, | | | | believing your "everybody" you run the risk of |
| any one thing? What was it like to see the colors | | | | moving away from your own inner sense of who |
| and the texture of a butterfly wing, or hear the | | | | and what you are. |
| hum of a hummingbird, or enjoy the perfume of | | | | Examine your "everybody" and make a decision |
| a rose and feel the velvet of the petal, and then | | | | on whether you should let them dictate to you |
| let that experience be your entire focus for as | | | | what you believe. Who are they? Name them. |
| long as it took, as long as you allowed it to take? | | | | Only then do you realize that "everybody" is a |
| What would it feel like now to step away from | | | | finite number and there are usually many more on |
| the computer, put down the cell phone and simply | | | | the side of the ledger marked negative than |
| enjoy? | | | | there are on the side marked positive support. |
| Can you get in touch with that special place inside | | | | Why, then, would you believe them and let them |
| yourself where you store those memories? It | | | | dictate to you? You have the power to change |
| exists in all of us. It may be hard to find, but it | | | | that. |
| exists. If you need confirmation, just watch an | | | | Just for today, suspend judgment of yourself. |
| infant see a snowflake for the first time or feel | | | | Turn off the wireless communication from your |
| something fuzzy or smell something lemony. They | | | | "everybody" and simply enjoy. Enjoy the gift of |
| do it with all their heart. | | | | life itself, the sunshine, the birds, the spring |
| Get back in touch with that special place just for | | | | flowers, the angel that lives inside each of us. We |
| the sure joy of it. Wonder what it would be like | | | | are all worthy. Let your heart sing that song, and |
| to experience innocence or awe again, then do it. | | | | dance like nobody is watching. |
| Find that place inside. If you can't find it, that only | | | | |