To Delight Oneself Only In Thought
If You Could Would It Be Enough
At this point in our lives
We have to have had thousands of good experiences
Maybe even close to tens of thousands of great times
Lets examine a little closer what we mean by that
All our thoughts cross through our mind
If we could trigger those experiences with a key phrase
Then we could relive the joy in that moment
For as long as we want
I think we have been living a pretty amazing life so far
Why do we have to keep trying to recreate the magic moment
When we have the ability to focus on any previous thought
That already happened
We enjoyed the outcome
We welcomed all the pleasure and fun
Some how we are missing the point
Nobody has taught us any different
What if we can recapture that fantastic second
That thrill that lives inside all of us
We have had our share of fair and unhappy times
Let them all go for a bit
Through those experiences we reached a point of glory
A feeling like none other
Here me out
Before you get all bent out of shape and tell me it can't be done
We have been doing it all our lives
We just haven't noticed it
Pretend you could go into a peaceful and quiet room
That had every incredible feeling you ever thought
Waiting for you
To pull out that feeling
Like a recipe on an index card
Then within minutes all the sounds smells, pictures in your mind all attached to all the memories of that magical moment
Could come flooding back into your mind
Then for the next five or ten minutes
As long as you want
These ideas reenact like a movie that you have watched many times
Scene after scene
Is repeated for your greatest enjoyment
It reads like a book that you have read again and again
Where you can finish the next line
If we learn to apply this to our life
We have just multiplied all our successes in life
Then slowly and effortlessly eliminated our failures
Automatically without trying
In the past we have done almost the complete opposite
Think of a time that everything went wrong
No matter what you did
It was a miserable disaster
Now think of when it happened
How vivid and clear it is today
Think of how many times you have repeated that awful memory
Over and over in your head
Somewhere in your life you were told
You just have to deal with it
Accept it and move on
Well nobody ever said you can forget it
Let it go
Find a greater memory to take it's place
Now you know diffferent
When you have a weak moment
Play the memory that made you smile, laugh and jump to the stars
Later on in life
We have so many memories
it is hard to keep track of the good and the bad
Because all our thoughts get all mixed up
Until now that is
Think of it as a virtual reality tour
Where you pull out a memory
Then you feel all the greatest feelings of your life
Each time adding new feelings to the old ones
Creating a lasting memory for years to come
Put that idea in your head
As easy as someone can put a feather in their cap