One of the qualities of awakened living is enthusiasm. Every word contains its whole history, and the root of “enthusiasm” conveys being “divinely inspired, intensely eager, and rapturous.”

Take that in! Imagine discovering the seed of divine inspiration and intense eagerness in the moments of your life. 

"Wow, I get to breathe right now! I get to experience these colors, forms, scents, and sounds!” You bring a full-on Yes! to your present moment experience. 

If you’re not so enthusiastic about things in your daily life, you may be wondering what I’m talking about. Where is this enthusiasm? 

Most minds are filled with looping fear-based narratives, so it’s no surprise that you don’t find enthusiasm there. And you may be focusing on a situation, such as a job you’re not passionate about or struggles in your personal life. No enthusiasm there either.

You may feel bored, disappointed, or lacking. How could you possibly find rapture or divine inspiration there?

Perhaps you need to look elsewhere… 

Maybe there’s something present beyond the material world of people, objects, and events. Maybe the way you're thinking about these common everyday experiences is masking something deeper...

Beneath this seeming reality of everyday human life is the energy of aliveness, the vibration of pure existence from which all things arise—here to be discovered in any moment.

It’s the open spaciousness that is aware and alive—fully allowing of everyone and everything without preference.

Meeting the everyday world from this open spaciousness allows you to experience it in a whole new way. 

Instead of saying, “I’m bored,” you meet boredom with freshness and curiosity. “Maybe it has something to show me…”

Instead of feeling stuck in a job, you expand your view. “Is it my life path to be here? Since I’m here, how do I want to show up with the tasks and people I encounter every day?”

And eventually you live in the, “Wow, this is what I’m experiencing right now!” receiving whatever it is with full acceptance.

Can you feel into the possibility of going beyond what your mind is telling you and seeing familiar thoughts, feelings, and situations with fresh eyes? Here’s where you begin to access the Yes! to the moment.

When enthusiasm arises naturally in you, notice it and expand into it fully. It’s a divinely given experience that is a gateway into your true essence.

To find your inner enthusiasm, clear away your ho-hum ideas about things. Delete any history along with your assumption that things are familiar.

Then, with an awakened mind open like the sky, take everything in with exquisite freshness. 

• Notice the energies and sensations moving through you…never before experienced!
• What do you see, touch, and hear? So fresh!
• Encounter people with no story of you and other. Heart bursting open!

Try bringing this perspective to the places in your life that feel shut down and flat. Or even to just what you're experiencing right now. Shed the layers of constricted mind, and discover the Wow! at the heart of every moment.