The other day I was setting up my coffee for the following morning and I realized it was Friday night, which obviously meant to follow was Saturday morning. With that in mind I reached into my cabinet and pulled out my smiley face coffee cup. I do this because for years I have made it my ritual to celebrate the end of the work week. I used to celebrate Friday's but now that my schedule is Tuesday to Saturday, I celebrate TGIS. As I was doing this and giving this little ritual some thought, I realized that I also have a tendency to pull the mug out for Tuesday mornings (my Monday) to give myself a little boost and hopefully start the week off right. This made me wonder why I just didn't wash the darn mug and start every day off with a cup of happiness, why did I only reserve it for celebrating the end of the work week or to give myself a little boost.
My mind has a tendency to wander, and wonder it did. I started asking myself why I only get excited when there are specific external things to look forward to like vacation, the holidays, getting presents, or a trip to the city. Why don't I get just as excited to wake up each morning, enjoy hugs from my family, hear the birds, pet my cats and dog, or smell the fresh mountain air? Then it dawned on me... I don't think much about, or acknowledge these simple pleasures I'm privileged to experience every day. That kinda made me sad for a second to think about how much I take these things for granted. Then I realized how lucky I was to come to this awesome realization!
OK, so here I am today blogging and picking the tarot images that best represent happiness. The sun of course! Yes... and you guessed it, as I began to look at the images I selected, that mind of mine began to wander again.
The sun's message is "It's time to get back to basics and regain our natural "sunny dispositions." and be filled with happiness while experiencing the simple things in life. Look at the sun images on this page. In the upper left image, most would say there isn't anything spectacular going on, yet it just pulses with happiness as the tree and flowers thrive and grow in the sunshine. And in the Osho Zen image above on the right, the creases in the corner of this gentleman's eye and the expression on his face just say it all. These two images helped me understand that our happiness is found in the wonder of LIFE. No, not life as in "I'm born, I work, I pay taxes and I die" but in the wonder of how we got here, what keeps making us tick, what propels us to grow and heal and who or what is on the inside of us looking out through our eyes? Where real excitement and happiness can be found, is knowing we are all connected and we are never alone and life is a miracle. Wondering about all these miraculous things just makes me smile !
Sooooo here's to Wandering and Wondering and pouring yourself a cup of Happiness EVERY day! Keep Smilin'
Denise
The sun's message is "It's time to get back to basics and regain our natural "sunny dispositions." and be filled with happiness while experiencing the simple things in life. Look at the sun images on this page. In the upper left image, most would say there isn't anything spectacular going on, yet it just pulses with happiness as the tree and flowers thrive and grow in the sunshine. And in the Osho Zen image above on the right, the creases in the corner of this gentleman's eye and the expression on his face just say it all. These two images helped me understand that our happiness is found in the wonder of LIFE. No, not life as in "I'm born, I work, I pay taxes and I die" but in the wonder of how we got here, what keeps making us tick, what propels us to grow and heal and who or what is on the inside of us looking out through our eyes? Where real excitement and happiness can be found, is knowing we are all connected and we are never alone and life is a miracle. Wondering about all these miraculous things just makes me smile ! 
