The old lady

I met a 72 year old lady in a practice in a park in brasil, she was playing capoeira the best she could and had a flare in her eyes as if she was six years old. I spoke with her and she told me she started practicing capoeira in the age of 68(!). Before that, she was a very ill person, using a lot of medications and now she doesn't need any. Her smile told everything. She was enjoying herself and that brought her back to life. I wish for everyone to find that particular thing that makes their eyes flare and their smile shine like that.

We tend to tie our joy with our accomplishments. We think we will enjoy only if we will succeed. We mix Joy with Satisfaction and forget that while satisfaction is conditioned to an outcome, joy is a state of mind.We fail to realise that if we seek success then we are doomed to be unsatisfied and that there will always be a better thing to achieve. We fail to realise that only if we will enjoy then we can succeed. actually, if we enjoy then we already succeeded.