As I reached home, my landlord stopped me in the parking lot and told me he was arranging for new stylish blinds to be installed in my apartment. Yet another delightful surprise.
I've always sensed that you tend to find what you're looking for. Today's test was more dynamic, though: I was actively seeking out things I could interpret as Delightful Surprises, and was delightfully surprised at how many delightful surprises there were to find. Just plain fun. As I got home, I saw the ferris wheel and xmas tree all lit up on the pier and thought, "well, it's delightful, but not really a surprise" and realized I was shutting down my magic. But in fact, it is a surprise to notice each time how pretty those lights are, and how lucky I am to live so close to the sea, and how glad I am to be alive. My new intention is to be alert to my gratitude.
Cassie, I'm sorry that I was not alert enough today to see that you were a heavenly messenger: calm and soothing were ingredients that would have been delicious in today's pie. Instead, I got a little worked up and forgot about deliberately choosing thoughts that feel good when I think them. That led to a bit of a clash, which needs some cleaning up. Tomorrow I will add calm and soothing to my mix. Thank you for your angelic effect.
daveangeles (david + angels? hmmm) Thank you for the encouragement. Have you tried the little exercises at the end of the book? The 1st one: Rampage of Appreciation, was very fun, gave me the shivers, and as you can see, has made me all schmoopy. geesh.
Technically I have another 11 hours of delightful surprises, even though I'll be asleep for most of it. Here I go!