golden glints

Today someone told me "it's so wonderful just to be". They went on about how they don't know how or why we all come to be, or why we die. But, it's just wonderful and lucky and an absolute privilege to exist on this earth.

I agree with that.

Love exists in so many millions of forms:
Eating vegetables around a table from wooden bowls
Giddy puppies jumping for joy
Dancing babies
Fresh strawberries that don't need any sugar on top
A hug from someone who means a lot to you
Gathering around a warm fire.
Flowers blooming with their face toward the sun.
Hot tea in a favorite mug.
Reading a letter from far away.
The smile of a child who is sick.
The smell of white jasmine.

I love being and existing and experiencing the love and light of the world.
Sometimes I may forget to notice the good. Focusing on the bad and being afraid of what could happen - Wishing too hard and not noticing the glints of pure gold in every single day that I live.

Sometimes it takes darkness to see the light.

I feel like the point of existing to is to find out all of the light and golden moments that can be created/lived/observed/absorbed in each one of our different lives. Using our able bodies to search and find and do things to bring more gold in to the world - love, grace, kindness, beauty...all of these can be found. Even in the midst of death, suffering and sadness there can be found little glints of gold and meaning. I hope I find all of them.