And when something genuinely thrilling happens, you'll be ready. That
wild rumpus celebrating the Diamondbacks' victory in the World Series
turned me into a baseball fan. Ever since, I've enjoyed watching large
men in pajamas strive for victory. I enjoy going briefly berserk when my
team wins. I enjoy seeing the women in commercials ecstatically dust
their furniture. But I don't take any of it seriously. What I do take
seriously is the lesson I learned from Cookie and his successor, Bjorn:
that happiness is available to me in every moment. It's there in the
words I'm writing now, in my engagement with those around me, in the
happy sigh Bjorn breathes as we sit together exploring the plains of
peace. Wow.
Martha Beck's latest book is Finding Your Way in a Wild New World (Free Press).
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