The smiles on our faces were as if we were donning masks of illusion for only moments prior she was banned to the upstairs as Cinderella to scurry and make her surroundings as pleasing as she had found them. The unpleasant tones were soon transcended with the laughter that erupted it was deep, farther than that of a mere belly laugh we long for, this was from our souls, just the overwhelming sensation of contentment that permeated our beings all the way to our deepest core; it filled the room as if in a place of enchantment as we read of as little children. I closed my eyes and savored this sense of fulfillment, inhaling as if taking a long awaited breath from coming up from the waters anxious to exhale as if exploding and breathing in the air that my body was urging to inhale craving as if my lungs would surely burst. I allowed myself to become in my mind and senses the character my daughter and I were reading about in her summer reading book. Hers was purchased, mine I checked out from the library, she has had zero inclination to the importance of reading and her Father and I came up with the plan of her and I reading together and by George I think we got it. Hair wet and sprawling over both our pillows overlapping; uncertain of where one started and the other stopped. The fragrance of our perfumes bewitched our senses as in the sweetest lullaby ever sung, nestled in her freshly made bed smelling of the finest linens and dressed in our coziest of pajama's I was entranced by the flickers of the candles she chose for us to light and we read and we laughed and we shared from our deepest emotion we were feeling. Only earlier I was Cruella De Vil and now we are intertwined like the sweetest fairy tale.
This first book we are reading is titled, "Out of my mind", it has a fishbowl and a goldfish jumping out of the bowl as if escaping. The character is handicapped, very brilliant, has a photographic mind as if a computer or robot but cannot express herself or share all that she knows. Horrific when you think about it, my mind couldn't shake this character. My Daughter now in my bed on laptop educating us both on life hacks, us sipping on sleepy time tea and my mind buzzing with wonderment of this story. Realizing how so many people I have met over the years are as this Melody we are reading of. No one is aware of her abilities or gifts only her. Not those closest to her; her parents, nor doctors for she cannot communicate it at all. It was instilled into me as a young girl and I have poured the same into my Daughter you have read me write of this, but we can be anything we want to be, and we can do anything we want to do. Man or Woman this is true. How many of us are trapped and restricted as Melody by limitations that in essence are not real and true? The person in whom we truly are is our inner selves and the older I become the more I realize this to be true. The thing that has my mind reeling is that so many of us are being the supporting actors and actresses instead of the leading lady or best actor in our very own stories of our lives. I love the beloved stories of those who were overlooked seemingly unlovely then transformed, mesmerizing all around them with their unveiling of all that was merely already there just not revealed.
The picture posted at the top of this post has set my soul on fire. It is a college young woman who used to be apart of my Non Profit girls organization she's an Alumni if you will, and to see her spread her wings and start to reveal all that is within her is mind-blowing. It moved me beyond words yesterday when her Mom and then her posted the video of her jump they posted this, "Emily literally took a leap of faith today when she bungee jumped off the worlds highest commercial bungee jumping bridge in South Africa. 750 feet, which is basically like jumping off a 75 story building!" I was telling my best friend who started this program about how this has just engulfed me with wonderment and excitement and she said Emily was more reserved and to see her really come out and be all she truly consists of is more than amazing. She has inspired me and moved me to jump as well. Although not physically at this time, but within myself, as Tom Petty sings Freefalling I am going to the depths of my being to unleash that force that drives me and although I'm generally pretty outward with all that is within me, I feel passionate I have yet to scratch the surface. To find contentment amidst life's circumstances is a Wonderment of Life we should all relish in. As in Melody that my Daughter and I am reading about, I have the hunch she will prevail in communicating all that consumes her releasing her truest self, and as Emily so beautifully demonstrated her boldness by her bungy jump, both are the star of their very own show.
What has been percolating within you to be poured out as the finest cup of coffee savored? Today, on Friday get this weekend started and take that leap of Faith as Emily did and abandon all restraints, break the mold as Melody is bound to do and allow the real you inside to step up as the Protagonist and blow that box office away for This is The Wonderment of Life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8O-XzhtKGs
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