Inspiring Moments | The Golden Valley

There are times when you can feel the pace of life breathing down your neck, when you feel like you have to slam the gas pedal into the floor so you can pick up those extra 30 seconds by making it through the traffic light before it turns red. All our hectic pacing can be exhilarating at the best of times and downright heart attack-inducing at others. I experienced the latter this morning. When I get nailed at a traffic light, I usually tap my foot and silently (or loudly) curse the red light for stealing 30 precious seconds of my life that I will never get back. But this morning, I instead looked out the window and was instantly lost in a sea of golden sunbeams parting an oceanic mist in the valley. A mist that clouds your mind with your daily routine, the grind of work, the inner turmoil in which so many live their lives. The warm, golden sunbeams pierce through the shrouded mist of our confused lives and remind us that our lives do have focus. They have meaning. They are not about getting to work 30 seconds earlier. They are about living life but never getting so bogged down in the thick, choking fog of business that we forget to see the golden rays of our dreams beckoning us to part the mist and climb the hills.

Live your life. But never allow yourself get lost in the mist. Always seek out those warm golden beams, and never lose the light of your dreams to the mundane and the ordinary. Feel the light. Know your dreams. Be extraordinary.