extraordinary.

I am in an EXTRAORDINARY mood.

 

 

You know those moments?  The ones where you're just completely living in them?  Where you are immersed in happiness and soaking it all in? 

 

That's right now for me:)

 

It's that moment driving home from volunteering at the hospital.  Having spent two hours doing something for someone else.  Not thinking about how it would help me, but how it would help them.  Clearing my mind of all my stress and worries, leaving them at home when I walked out the door.

 

The moment driving home when I look out my window and see the sky fading from bright blue to deep purple as the sun sinks behind the horizon.  Watching as the clouds turn from white to pink and orange, the color only a sunset can make.  And being thrilled that I would get to watch it in my rear-view mirror the whole way home.

 

That moment when I'm driving on the freeway, fast, with the windows down.  Feeling as the wind whips my hair around my face and tugs and pulls at my clothes, pressing and releasing them on my body.  Inhaling the air that is swirling around me and smelling the faint scent of rain in it, my favorite smell in the world.

 

Blasting the music so loud that there is no room for thoughts in my head.  Feeling the vibrations of the speakers flow through my body as I yell the lyrics at the top of my lungs, not caring that my sick, croaking voice would probably make a child cry.

 

Looking at people driving by, staring at me.  Shaking their heads and smiling as I picture how foolish I must look, and I laugh at myself.  But I don't care.  Because in this moment, I feel confident, and I want them to see how happy I am, I want them to feel it, too.

 

Smiling so hard my cheeks hurt as I round my protective mountains, turning to fall as the leaves change color, and catch another glimpse of the sunset to my right at the same time that I watch the city below light up and glow in the night.  Feeling so at peace and blessed.

 

Feeling.

Breathing.

Singing.

Yelling.

Smiling.

Laughing.

Living.

Loving.

Hoping.

Invigorated.

Energized.

Thrilled.

Extraordinary.

 

You know the moments I'm talking about?

 

THOSE moments.

 

The moments that make life worth living.  Where you see the beauty that God has created and blessed you with. 

 

The moments you soak in and treasure.  The moments that take your breathe away. 

 

Those most EXTRAORDINARY moments.

 

"Life is not about a new car or fancy clothes. It is about being able to enjoy your family and friends, to help others, to find pleasure in the smell of a rose or in watching the rain...So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more-cry less. Life must be lived as we go along."

-Grandma Betsey

 

Have an EXTRAORDINARY day!

 

Until next time,

 

A