New Stories

# Chapter 324

There are few moments in life better than having a sleeping grand baby in your arms. I got to hold our newest granddaughter for some snuggles yesterday and there just are no adequate words to explain what goes on in your heart when you get to do this. Everything else in life can be going terrible and this turns the ship around, this changes the questions and the answers, all that you see and feel, what you know and don’t know about life. It refocuses your attention on the cycle of living and so places a perspective on you and your place in the cycle and tiny baby’s place in the cycle and how few days you have to influence this child and mark her life for good before you are gone and forgotten.

Holding this tiny baby makes today matter, she makes this moment stand large and important, she brings your attention to razor sharpness and at the same time she just lets you feel. Big feelings and powerful feelings that take nothing away from the intensity of your attention. These are the moments that we should be living for and seeking and sharing and embracing and repeating to bring joy and contentment to the world. Instead of our stories of hardship and difficulty and sadness and our general unhappiness with our lots in life, we can hold and hug and cuddle and snuggle and give blessings and love and nurture and care. Its time to make a whole book of new stories. Write these moments down, and repeat them in words and actions as often as possible.