The Daily Spectrum - Glory Lights

What lights up your life? What makes your heart sing and puts a bounce in your step? Some might say a warm Spring day. For others it may be playing with a puppy where its exuberance is contagious. Being with a special someone who is always positive, has an affect on us as well.

This may sound peculiar, but what lights me up is searching for "golden moments". This has become a treasure hunt of a game for me. It began one evening a long time ago as a special someone told me about the "golden" moment of a sunset. We watched it together in silence... at one point he said, "Ah - there it is."

The light was hitting the clouds with its most brilliant shade of gold that evening. I was stunned at the closeness to God that I felt in the moment. Pure joy flooded into my heart. I was 100% there... ALIVE, ALERT and AWAKE!

Creating a drawing or painting has this affect on me as well. No matter how late into the evening it was, I had to wait and keep working on this piece until I knew in my heart it was finished. It's golden moment.

Until next time,
The happy painter,
Jill