Do you know what everyday epiphanies are? Simple Abundance and Something More, both by Sarah ban Breathnach, say in part, everyday epiphanies are those “a-ha” moments. Those things that tell your conscious mind “oh-yeah” and you think or act differently because of it.
I have those “a-ha” moments once in awhile, I wish I had them more. But today I had one, and I was reading Something More for the 2nd or 3rd time.
I was at the pool in my apartment complex taking up a 5 foot space on the neatly manicured sloping lawn; basking in the sun on a Friday afternoon. During a break from my reading I sat up and really took in everything around me. There were several other people there: young co-eds in skimpy bikinis and some in beach coverups, young couples with babies in car seats and strollers, adolescent boys chasing each other unmercifully around the pool, and one tanned guy with a scattering of tattoos adorning his chest and abdomen. I was really observing all the people, the conversations, the sounds, the musings of why weren’t these people working on a Friday afternoon and how could all afford to live here (it is one of the most expensive & nicest complexes in town).
It occurred to me – they are here for the exact same reason I am – to bask in the sun, to mingle with their friends and neighbors, to enjoy a summer afternoon by the pool, and I don’t know how they can afford to live here except they must have 2 incomes, while I only have one.
I enjoyed my hour or so basking in the sun rediscovering those everyday epiphanies and I was happy. A little sunshine, sweat and glistening chlorine water can do that to a person.
What kind of everyday epiphanies have you experienced?
I guess my recent epiphany came recently when well-meaning friends, wanting to help me out with my lawn mowing.They mowed my lawn while I was at work. I came home to find my lawn in front, back and side totally “scalped”! I was upset because I thought the lawn looked awful, no more lush green grass, just stubble and piles of cut grass everywhere. I was sick about the way the lawn looked, but realized their intentions were to help me and dealt with raking up clumps of grass while praying for rain to “green” up my lawn. Which it did rain and it looks a little better. I wish I had this ability in the past and hopefully will remember this incident and not to judge a person if the outcome of their intention does not equate with the heart of their intention.