Blue Happy Living

Recently I have had an event in my life that has caused me to stop and slow down a bit. I’m a person that goes full speed everyday all the time. So sometimes I forget I’m not the one in charge of my life, that God has a plan and I need to slow down.

Most of us live each day with the thought of what’s next. Okay today at 8:00 I’m here and at noon I have this and oh don’t forget to pick up this by 3:00. All the while grabbing a 2nd and 3rd cup of coffee just trying to stay awake. In the back of our heads we are saying, “is it over yet?” Wishing our days away and not really living in that moment is sad and hopeless.

I realized the other day life happens all around us and we don’t notice because we are so busy wishing our day away we don’t get to enjoy the small but moving things. I was leaving the hospital very early one morning and noticed a young couple pull up in front of the door. Clearly she was a young nurse coming to work. When she got out of the car her husband did as well. We walked around the car and pulled her up in his arms and said I love you and gave her the sweetest hug and kiss. I was so touched by that, we often get in such a hurry we forget to stop and enjoy our loved ones. Her smile after that hug and kiss was so precious and sincere. I was blessed to have shared that moment with them. On any normal day I wouldn’t have noticed that at all. I would have zipped right by that couple and been irritated that I have to walk around their parked car. I’m so thankful for that moment it made me give thought to my husband.

I’m really a blessed person. God gave me the task in life to be a teacher. Not just a teacher but an artist that is allowed to share the creativity of kids. I love to see what creativity comes out when given the chance to put paint to canvas. It’s amazing to watch the process happen. At the end of a piece they have worked on for a while the look on their face is priceless. If I’m honest sometimes I get so caught up in when the next art show is I forget to stop and enjoy the process getting there.Life is not just about the deadline and the glory at the end. Life is about the journey and the process of getting to the end.

I’m sure if you stopped right now and looked around you would see things and hear things you normally don’t see or hear. For me the past few weeks have been very long and hard. I haven’t looked beyond the gray clouds and tried to find the joy. Oh my goodness where is the joy? It’s there I just need to look, be silent and listen for the joy.

I need to slow down and enjoy my day instead of wishing it away. I want to get my head back into the joy of the process instead of just working towards a date on the calendar. What if we lived minute to minute and not week to month? What would we see if we slowed down for a day and didn’t rush? What if we stopped and took the moment to give a long meaningful hug in the morning before walking away from that person? What if we just took the time to enjoy this life and the process instead of moving so fast it’s gone? I’m sure the joy would be in abundance and the moment would be lived instead of just passing.

I’m going to take the time today to enjoy each moment the good and the not so good. Each moment is given to us with love and should be cherished. I’m looking today for that Blue Happy joy. If you look you might even see some Happy feet in cute shoes that make you smile.  Please look for your joy and go be Blue Happy!