Honest to goodness. Sometimes one finds themselves listening to a piece of thinking that gets you to pause abruptly. This morning I was listening to a video clip of a radio host interviewing Graham Norton, a British TV host of celebrities. The interviewer asked his guest about a life lesson moment in his childhood. So he recalled a scene from one of the many Charlie Brown TV series episodes with Lucy and Charlie Brown. Norton described a scene where Lucy espoused her 7 or 8 year old psychiatric help wisdom of so many years from her doctor is IN chair, telling Charlie that he will really only have one happiest moment in his life. The rest of the moments would only be basically blah ordinary moments. And of course Charlie Brown being Charlie Brown, he agreed with her. Balderdash, Charlie Brown. Hahaha.
Although I guess as a 7 year old child at the time, Graham Norton felt ‘what if I have had it already?’ kind of devastating thought. I mean let’s face it, Lucy could be quite convincing with her verbose grasp of big words. So. Was that it? No more chances of the happiest moment in the future?? The rest of his life lived experiences would only have that half empty cup of a quasi kind of sort of maybe a little feeling of being the most happiest. Argh!!
Can you imagine? For all of those times in your own life that you have had those blissful, out of the park, euphoric, jumping for joy, in seventh heaven kinds of spine tingling moments of feeling head to toe happy, they were not?? So what was the feeling? Because according to Lucy, you may only get one and you may already have experienced it!!?? Thank goodness Lucy, for you the doctor is OUT. So out.
I agree with Graham Norton’s discernment, that throughout our life from then until now, our happiest moment has not happened yet. How can it? There is still more to come, God willing. The ‘what if I have had it’ already mantra cannot be true. I mean how can I feel such wondrous and joyous happy feeling moments over and over again. For in that short period of time, a sense of pure unadulterated joy goes through me and I feel a shiver me timbers crazy whoa Nelly. A graced sacred happy moment… a blessing.
So as Thanksgiving draws near, I am grateful and thankful for being given a life full of moments whatever and wherever they are. And so looking forward to knowing that I have not had it as yet my happiest moment but oh so humbled by what I have felt so far and to come. Asante sana my family and friends and surroundings. Blessings this day.
Let us pray for those in need of our prayers today and for the happiness, boldness and strength every day for with you Lord, all things are possible. Amen.
Karenpondering 