My Happy Place

I go there in my mind’s eye.  It’s a place where it is perpetually dusk, the temperature is just perfect for me and I don’t need to sleep or eat.  I am in my early 20s.

There are open and rolling hills of soft lush grass, a forest nearby and a gentle stream with a cascading waterfall.  I am content to spend my time lying in the grass, reading or drawing, as I listen to nature’s music: birdsong and the soothing waters.  On the other side of the stream are towering clear quartz crystals who beckon me to visit from time to time.  I access them by crossing over a beautifully ornate wooden arched bridge.  These immense crystals grow in a perfect circle and I sit in the centre in stillness.

Most of the time though, I am in the forest surrounded by my beloved animals.  Many of them are pets I’ve had throughout my life, and as each one passes into the Light, they happily join the ones already here.  In this piece of heaven, they all play together; there is no fear despite their predator or prey roles on Earth.  The cats play gently with the hamsters; large and small fish are swimming happily alongside each other in the stream.

For a long time, whenever someone asked me about my happy place, I would go blank.  I was one of those people who found it hard to smile for a photo; I was the awkward child in the family photos.  How can one even fake a smile??  As soon as I reconnected with Source/The Divine, this imagery of my happy place slowly came to me.  Smiling for a photograph comes naturally to me now.

One day, I found a card at a local spiritual shop and its likeness to my happy place was so uncanny I had to purchase it!  The inscription inside reads:

Forest Friends

In a sunlit glade, a child of the woods with a special affinity for all forest creatures sits and waits for them to assemble.  As the animal friends gather around, they sense the child’s kind and free spirit.  Comforted by this positive energy, all thoughts of flight or fight are gone.  They forget their fears and simply enjoy each others’ company, watched over by the forest spirits amongst the trees.

Well, that sounds perfect to me!

What does your happy place look like?