You know the old saying if you chase happiness it will always elude you, but like a butterfly if your are still , it will light upon your shoulder.

Well, last night I was sitting under a lamp that hangs over my big chair and I thought I heard a moth fluttering around the light bulb. I ignored it because I know a moth will not hurt you and Lowe and behold the darn thing started to land on my shoulder and flutter through my hair near my ear. I shooed it away and it flew back to the inside lamp shade & was quiet. I had not even bothered to take a look at the bug, and Robert said that was a beautiful butterfly. I looked up at the lamp shade and sure enough there was a beautiful butterfly, she was just watching with a curiosity look on her bug face. ( if that is possible for a bug to have expressions I sure think so).

As I was contemplating this beautiful delicate creature &  it accrued to me that that is just like life, we get so busy & happiness is all around us & sometimes even lands on our shoulder, but we are too busy to take notice until it is too late,  or we shoo it away like I did. Then later  we wonder why didn't we take the time to enjoy and savor that moment. Happiness can be as  fleeting, fast and elusive as butterfly wings.

I turned the light out hoping the butterfly who was still watching me might land upon my shoulder again, but of course she just watched me from a distance almost taunting me with, see you had your chance and you shooed me away.