High on Happiness

Posts Tagged ‘delight’

It’s time for frolicking in the sunshine, for playing shuffleboard with the stars.  In the meadow, lightning bugs are playing hide and seek with the giggling flowers.

It’s time to put on your steppin’ shoes (if you want any shoes at all) and twirl and whirl your cares to the moon.  Now is the season for play.

Come glide on laughter’s rainbow.   Slide into the foam of the enchanted sapphire sea.  Let loose your mirth.  Send it on colored ribbons into the dawn.

Open your door and let your child-self run headlong into puddles of delight, of freedom, of the thick, sweet juice of being.

C’mon!  Let’s make play while the sun shines.  C’mon!

“To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.” ~Joseph Addison

Now the muse of mirth comes by, wearing a costume of water sparkles and the perfume of fresh air.   She comes to please, to charm, to delight.  So playfully she teases!

She somersaults onto the table top and regales you with her stories.  They coax from you a smile, a laugh, and then she tells you more.  And before you know what’s happened, you are rolling in the aisle.

She tosses the petals of tickled pinks into the crowd and whomever they land on has a special dream:  this one’s team scores the win; that one says, “Checkmate!”; the woman on the right is surrounded by cribs full of giggling babies;  a child plays with kittens and balls of yarn; that one roller skates; another has snagged tickets for front row seats; dozens dance.

And when the dream is dispelled, each returns to his or her reality refreshed and renewed.  And the muse smiles softly as she tiptoes out the door, her mission accomplished.

I listened to the brook today, and it sang this little song . . .

‘Tis the gift to be simple,
’tis the gift to be free,
’tis the gift to come down
where we ought to be,
and when we find ourselves in the place just right,
’twill be in the valley of love and delight.

~Shaker Hymn

If you would like  to hear the melody, here’s one rendition I especially liked.  Or search for “Simple Gifts” at youtube.com and find one that pleases you.

And that’s my simple happiness gift to you today.  Enjoy!