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Bursting With Joy: A Short Story

by Michael Selzer

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talks
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Meditation
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Children
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Bursting with Joy is a beautiful story for children of all ages about a young girl and her joyful mind. The story relates the filling up of an imaginary mind similar to filling a balloon with air until they both release their joyful content with a swoosh back into the light of day.

JoyChildrenImaginationNatureMotivationMindfulnessImagination And CreativityNature ConnectionStorytellingMindfulness Of MovementStories

Transcript

Bursting with joy.

Once upon a time in a charming village there lived a girl named Miyasuri.

One sun-kissed day as she explored the meadows a delightful feeling bubbled within her.

It was as if graceful butterflies twirled in her belly and her mind hummed with thoughts like a soft melody.

Miyasuri's feet tingled with excitement and a warmth enveloped her like a gentle breeze.

In that moment she felt a keen connection with the world around her.

The meadows whispered secrets and the trees seemed to sway to an unseen rhythm.

As the sun dipped below Miyasuri sat beneath a wise old oak tree imagining herself as a dancing ballerina.

Her thoughts pirouetted like the delicate movements of a ballet and concepts twirled in her mind.

A story yet untold.

A tale waiting to be born.

It was the inflation of her imagination.

A gentle filling of the creative balloon.

The air within Miyasuri's mind grew thick with ideas each one a colorful balloon taking shape.

The more she pondered the more vibrant they became.

Imagining herself as a ballerina she felt a graceful rise and fall of ideas like dance steps leading to a grand performance.

With a heart full of motivation Miyasuri couldn't resist to pull to express what danced within her.

Like a balloon yearning to be released her ideas begged for freedom.

So with a pen in hand and the grace of a ballerina she let her imagination soar.

The ink flowed across the paper and Miyasuri's story unfolded like a mesmerizing ballet.

Characters pirouetted,

Adventures unfolded and the world within her mind burst into existence.

It was the manifestation of her creative balloon.

Now a beautiful tapestry of words.

As the story found its place in the world Miyasuri felt a sense of completion.

The energy that once filled her like air in a balloon now soared freely creating ripples of joy.

And so the cycle continued.

A timeless dance between inspiration,

Motivation,

Creation and the quiet return to a source that always beckoned Miyasuri to begin a new ballet of imagination.

The end.

Meet your Teacher

Michael SelzerCharlottesville, VA, USA

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