A few years ago I adopted the habit of beginning my day by expressing gratitude for what I had been given in my life, and saying daily affirmations. I found that by doing this, I was able to maintain a positive outlook and develop a deep and abiding sense of gratitude that remains with me up until today.
One of my favourite authors, Paulo Coelho wrote a beautiful passage in his book Manuscript Found in Accra about us having a magic moment in which we are able to change the things that are making us unhappy. I share it with you today:
Every day, God gives us the sun – and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy.
Every day, we try to pretend that we haven’t perceived the moment, that it doesn’t exist – that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow.
But if people really pay attention in their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment.
It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock; it may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seems the same to us.
But that moment exists – a moment when all the power of the stars becomes a part of us and enables us to perform miracles.
Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest.
Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments – but all of this is transitory it leaves no permanent mark.
And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken.
I hope that you found the passage inspirational and moving, if it inspired you, then please share the post with one friend over Facebook so that they too may be inspired.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
XX,
Malika
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