When did you last feel Affection, Blessed, Captivated, Delighted and Excited

Affection, blessed, captivated, delighted, excited.

That’s a heady cocktail which will want you to get back to it again and again. I won’t want it to be one event but a journey. I at times feel I lack the ability to really relish a victory and then I also don’t really get down and out easily. I think that’s what that line from Rudyard Kiplings ‘IF’ said, something to the effect ‘if you treat success and failure, both as imposters that they actually are’. Okay let me google and get the exact words
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
    And treat those two impostors just the same;”

Getting them all in one go. Wow, that’s tough to think but I think that is the moment when I am on a walk and a motivating song gets me into a jog and slowly I get into a faster sprint ….It's not the legs carrying the body, it's as if the spirit has given wings to body - i't s floating on pure esctasy. 

 Yeah I feel alive and blessed ready to take on life as it is. I am captivated by the opportunity every day is, excited to see what next and simply feeling blessed and in the glow of affection of some positive energy that seems to be charging my batteries.

I feel blessed when I have such moments and wish they happen every day, need not be just while running - there are many more options that I can think of. Wish the same moment for each of you every day.



Roopesh Mehta
31 Mar 2020

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