Simple things of joy in life..

I was feeling down and low. Recovering from a viral fever. As it happens with me often, something in me inspired to pull out my copy of Deepak Chopra's book 'Ageless Body Timeless Mind' and flip through randomly. It was about being with nature. Deepak talked about the value of being with nature, even if for a short while in the day. He talked about if got opportunity to lie down on grass stretching out the body and soak up some sun. 

My body was aching severely, head was reeling and my mood was in depression. But a thought raced through my head like a lightning. I have developed and nurturing the small lawn in front of my house for last two years, but have never ever thought of lying down on the grass! Leave alone lying on it, I have not even sat on the bare grass on my lawn! I have this lovely little patch of green and the thought had never come! I tried to remember when was the last when I had stretched myself on green grass anywhere and it was years back!

I gave a glance at the watch. It was 3 PM.  A strange current of energy was rushing through my body and I darted out. My lawn was only some steps away from my living room and I touched the grass with my palms. No moisture, no chance of my dress getting soiled. I cautiously sat on the lawn and then slowly tried to stretch my body over it. It was easy physically, but so tough mentally! I was not ready to let go... Are there some neighbor watching ? What would they think? What will I say to them?

Tentatively however I stretched myself, feeling the pin prick sensation the grass made on my skin. My head was reeling and there was a blood rush through my body. Was it childish or was it like mad? I was breath less. Suddenly I felt scared of being watched and ran into the house and slumped to the divan.

But something again pushed me. I took a towel out of the cup board and again headed towards the lawn. This time I lied on the towel stretched on the grass. Only my hands were on bare grass. after almost five minutes I regained my normal breath and started enjoying being there. I looked up and the sky was blue. Do not remember when I had seen the sky in the day time and seen the blue colour of it. Traces of white cloud was strewn all around. It was beautiful ! Just above my face a little bird was sitting on the electricity cable and twittering. As if to please me it started jumping from one end of the cable to the other and then flew away. I could discern plethora of ether particles of different shapes and size , never seen them so clear! And then I realised so many dragon flys were flying allover and like story book finish a butterfly flew over me.  The silence, the beauty, the synchronicity had a strange effect on me and tears started rolling down. I do not know how many minutes I was in that state when I woke up to my self conscious state when my neighbor's daughter called me.

Immidiately the abandon in me was shrunk and I gave an impromptu explanation to her which she had not asked.

This simple experience was an extra ordinary experience for me. May be for many who will read this it is trivial. May be for many it will be as unusual as it was for me. But my learning from my experience is how many times we overlook the simple joys of life for eons till it becomes extraordinary or unusual? My moment of insight was a mixed bag of feeling. I am sure each of you can relate to some moments of simple joy in your life which you might have overlooked for ages till somethings spurs you from inside. I am sure my flipping through Deepak's book was what Deepak says is heeding to the spirit.

My gratitude..............