“Little Rabbit” | Anthony Satori
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
– Omar Khayyam
This Moment
happiness
Between Eternities
“California Poppies in Spring” | Anthony Satori
“A positive and cheerful state of mind is a direct and immediate gain – the very currency, as it were, of happiness. It is not, like all else, merely a cheque upon the bank. For it alone makes us immediately happy in the present moment, and that is the highest blessing for beings like us, whose existence is but an infinitesimal moment between two eternities.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Every spring, when I see the California poppies bloom, it fills my heart with warmth. It reminds me that love exists outside of time and space. It reminds me that every single day of this brief lifetime – this exquisite and most precious moment between eternities that we’ve been given – is an opportunity for us to manifest our inner light, to engage in acts of compassion, kindness, goodness, and love, and to expand our enlightened mind.
These beautiful, vibrantly orange-colored flowers bloom every spring, and then disappear. But the sensations that they awaken within me remain vividly present, all year around. I truly believe that love – real love – once created, can never be destroyed. And joy, indeed, is the infallible sign of the presence of God. And every time we engage from a pure heart with the Spirit of Light and Love within us, we touch eternity.
Simple Harmony
“Walden Pond in Spring” | Anthony Satori
“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”
– Albert Camus
The Tao of Chuang Tzu
“Zhuangzi” | Anthony Satori
“A wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.”
– Chuang Tzu
Enthusiasm
“Enzo” –|– Anthony Satori
The Greek root of the word “enthusiasm” is enthousiazo. It literally translates to, “the essence of God lives within you.” When you tap into a feeling of pure enjoyment and enthusiasm for something, anything – an activity, an experience, a person, or just for this extraordinary gift of being alive and awake – you are by that very act connecting your inner spirit with the Creative Spirit of the Universe. That is, your own individual flow of positive energy has the ability to become a conduit for the endless wellspring of positive energy contained within the Universe. What an amazing and inspiring revelation!
The scruffy little rescue kitten above is named Enzo. I am told that he was named after the creator of Ferrari, but I found the fact that his name shares the first two letters and the last two letters with the word “enthousiazo” to be a delightful coincidence. Kittens provide us with such a wonderful window into a pure “living in the moment” state of mind. All animals, in fact, show us, just by being themselves, what it means to exist in an abundant state of natural enthusiasm. And, if we are paying attention, we just might also be reminded that we too have full access to this Essence of God within our own selves, any time we desire it, if only we choose to seek it out.
Just Like the Sun
“Cat’s Eyes” –|– Anthony Satori
“Just imagine becoming the way you used to be… before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.”
– Don Miguel Ruiz
The Pursuit of Happiness
“Happy Bird” –|– Anthony Satori
“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
– Guillaume Apollinaire
A Truly Happy Life
“Magnolia in Bloom” –|– Anthony Satori
“One kind of happiness is to survive a storm at sea, and to reach the shore in safety. Another is to triumph over hardship. Another is moving up in wealth and strength and position. Or one can hope; there are so many hopes. Some human hopes succeed and others fail. But a truly happy life is happiness day by day.”
– Euripides
The Present Moment
“Sunlight on Blue Water” –|– Anthony Satori
“The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”
— Eckhart Tolle
Pink
“Pink” –|– Anthony Satori
“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”
— Audrey Hepburn
