I just read one of my favourite Brazilian bloggers post and she is talking about Happiness. That feeling of happiness that sometimes knock at your door to bright up your soul.
Happiness is definitely a contagious feeling... I tell you why; I am on a train heading back to London (coming from a business trip to Edinburgh) four hours travelling on a train. It was going to be one and a half hours journey if I had decided to catch a flight - it would have been quicker but I confess I am not a big fan of airports. I find everything a bit too tiring on a flight trip; the queues at the airport for the check in, the queues for security, the wait for the gate to open, the usual flights delay...Then you have to get into the plane and wait again... I can’t stand the flight and anyway...I avoid flying if I can catch a train instead. So I did. I did catch the train. Nearly four hours journey to Edinburgh and now nearly five hours journey back t London. It was an impulsive decision. I sent an email to our sales coordinator organising the flights and within five minutes I sent another email cancelling the flight bookings asking for a train booking instead. Some colleagues said I was crazy to sit on a train for such a long time...in my head it didn’t make sense ether. – Why have I done this? – I thought this morning at five o’clock in the morning when I had to wake up to catch the train. Anyway I did and I am not someone to regret decisions. I pretty much accept the consequences.
Quickly sneaking through the Internet in between a load of paperwork I need to complete before I go on my holidays on Friday I ended up reading such beautiful post on a blog that I read for over ten years. Rosana, the blogger, was talking about a suddenly happy feeling that took over her this morning making her to appreciate everything she accomplished in her life so far. That happiness feeling she was feeling then came to visit me, miles away from Brazil on a train travelling by the South East coast of England.
I have been up since five in the morning. Have not stopped working for a second (well, I did for the two times I had to go to the toilet). I did five job interviews in Edinburgh (as I am looking for my store manager and assistant manager for a new boutique which we are opening in July). In between the interviews I was on my blackberry checking and responding emails, answering calls...and so on. After reading the post about HAPPINESS (now I make a point of writing HAPPINESS in capital letters) I stopped everything I was doing and took a look outside the window and then I realised outside the window a stunning – I would even say Breathtaking - view. Multi coloured fields covered by different types of flowers...lots of animals (cows, ships, horses...and so many more) everywhere. Suddenly the coast...the sea! I swear I even saw a wale far...far out in the sea. The train continue fast cutting through the fields, stunning pictures in both sides of the train. I am surrounded by a blissful (and tremendously) gorgeous nature.
Suddenly I realised the man across the table seat of me had also stopped working on his lap top to admire the view out there. The sun shines the table where we are and he looked at me and smiled as if he also was feeling the same Happiness that I am feeling. Happiness it's contagious...It got me now and already passed on to the man on the opposite seat.
I make Rosana’s (the Brazilian blogger I follow) feelings my feelings now; How blessed I am (please give me the chance to be selfish at this point and think of me, think of my existence). How blessed I am to be here surrounded by all of this. The train moves fast and I continue experiencing to see the birds out there, the animals, the hills, the small English towns(I think we are in England now), lakes, rivers...then the sea again.
Today this is my office; the south east coast of England. I like to think I am quite well travelled. I have been to very stunning countries and experienced lots of different cultures. Though this moment is special because this is now, this is the present. I feel an appreciation feeling for all the opportunities I received in my life so far, I am thankful for my family that somehow drove me to be a stronger human being, I am thankful for all of those people whom have crossed my life and taught me something. Thankful for the life I have built so far with the energy I input into my work (I love my work)... I am thankful for having energy and health to be able to continue to experience life and its mysteries. And I am most thankful – and HAPPY – for being able to be going back home (home with a meaning of Home and not just the place I live in) and find my partner, who I simply adore, waiting for me at our cosy and comfy home.
This Friday at this time I will be in an Island in Greece and again I am Happy for the opportunity. Happy for being blessed and have had all this opportunities so far...and bring it on the many more to come.
At this moment in my life time I am giving myself the time to look back at everything I have done along this thirty years and congratulate myself for my achievements (and trust me not the material ones but the spiritual ones. Giving myself the time to say to myself; Life is beautiful!
