The Yoga of Sophia...

Okay...I'm almost embarrassed to be posting this.  I probably should be a little MORE embarrassed than I am.  Really, I should be embarrassed enough not to post this at all, but...c'est la vie!

So, I was gawking around the internet digging up dirt on the Katy Perry/Russell Brand break-up (she is his teenage dream, no longer), when I came across an interview with Mr. Brand (whom I love and adore and think is possibly a genius and even more possibly, a totally enlightened dude) on the Ellen show, where he talks about this little girl, Sophia Grace, who was also on the Ellen show and whom he looooooooved.  And, because ol' Russ was so enthusiastic about said girl, I had to go check her out, and what I found was the video I've embedded above. (And lots of other videos that I have NOT been wasting my time watching. Heh heh.)

I was so, so taken with this little lady...she is super adorable, yes, and obviously talented, double-yes, but the best all-time ultimate BEST thing about her is how fit to burst she is with ALIVEness.  She is just, like, milking every moment for its super joy juice.

(That's right.  Joy juice.  I told you I should be more embarrassed.)

Anyhow, I know that it's such an old trope to point to the joy of children and say, "See...that! We should all be like THAT!"  It's not fair, right?  Because, what do they know?  They haven't been tested, (most of them), they don't have jobs or relationships or frustrated hopes...and they don't know what the hell they're doing for the most part, so how are we supposed to take an example from that?  I don't really want to jump around in a pink tutu and glitter (well, maybe I do.  Sometimes.)  But, I think the point is, and the reason real-life examples of truly joy-jolted kids can be so great--is that it is a potentiality.  Kids like Sophia, they are just the most extreme example of the expression of the joy of being alive that we're all born with.  And we look to children because, well, because we all started out as kids.  Which means, we all started out this way...and then we have all lost it, or some part of it (or, most of us have).  Somewhere.  Somehow.  And from the moment we lose it, we're all, whether we know it or not, just trying to get it back.

And I used to feel like, well...what a cruel trick.  What, we all get gifted with this total presence when we're born, we're all born into the world as these little enlightened beings and then we ALL lose our grip on it?  That seems...what's the point?  Why not just let us keep it, huh, Mister (or Mrs.) Universe?

Well, I have met, in my life, just a few adults who seem to have figured out how to resurrect this ancient, long-forgotten, va-va-va-voom for life.  And the incredible thing about them is that, they are experiencing life with the wonder of a child, without being an idiot about it.  Because, let's face it, when you're a kid...you're kind of an idiot.  (If you are a child, and you're reading this blog, a. you probably shouldn't be and b. YOU are not an idiot.  YOU are a genius.  Also, if you are reading this blog, and you have children, THEY are not idiots.  They are enlightened geniuses).

But...imagine!  Imagine getting to have that much bouncy-bounce-in-your-chair fun in your life AND to also be a functioning, contributing adult-with-all-your-baggage member of society!  That is like--that is a deadly combination.  Deadly, in the best way.

So, take six minutes, watch little miss Sophia, and enjoy.  Enjoy, a lot.  And then try, if you're of a mind to, to enjoy ONE thing in the rest of your day, as much as she is enjoying every minute of hers.