Delight.
One word that instantly conjures up cute little airy images has managed to perplex me when it came to today’s post. It shouldn’t right? At least in theory.
I soon realized why. To delight, to be delighted, to show delight, to take delight in anything is a choice. One that’s always for the better.
Previous five minute Friday topics have taken work, thought. They’ve requested me to dig deep and open up. To reveal some true feeling. Things like “vivid”, “colour”, “rest”, “trust”. But delight? That doesn’t require me to open up as much as it requires me to do this instead:
Let go.
In order to be free, to feel like I can just take pleasure in anything, I need to let go.
I must release all preconceived notions and just be in the moment. I must banish any complaining and just seek to compliment instead. All negatives thoughts, emotions, feelings, must flee so that positivity can be thoroughly enjoyed and relished.
To delight is a learned behaviour. I think the best teachers are children. They don’t even have to be your own. They clap for food. Their eyes light up with the arrival of a favourite loved one. They enjoy certain articles of clothing, donning them over and over to the point of wearing them out. Yet, they never complain. They enjoy the moment.
