Monday, October 16, 2006

"Can You Imagine?"


On Saturday I took a drive up to Santa Barbara to attend the small workshop on “happiness” facilitated on by Dr. Robert Mueller and his lovely wife Barbara. It was wonderful to see and meet them in person and hear in their own words the stories that I’ve read on a number of occasions. It was a wonderfully inspiring couple of hours and well worth the crack-of-dawn drive up there on Saturday morning.

It was a beautiful and crisp morning, with bright blue skies and just whisper mist around the hilltops. I recall thinking that I wished I’d brought a camera along with me because there were several magnificent views on the hour or so drive up from Los Angeles.

I can certainly understand why the Muller’s have chosen to live in Santa Barbara. If there’s any place in the world that one can be happy certainly it is there. It’s a spot that feels almost magical, like anything in the world that you could imagine could happen here.

It’s no wonder why Dr. Robert Mueller is called “
the happiest man on earth.” I was thoroughly inspired by his infectious optimism. This is a man who has had some incredible experiences in his lifetime and I feel so fortunate that he is so willing to share all of his amazing life stories.

Something interesting that I hadn’t particularly noticed before, that was strikingly apparent to me, is how often Dr. Mueller punctuates his stories with “Can you imagine?”

I love that phrase which makes me feel that anything I can possibly imagine, I can make reality.

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