“A sign that you’re approaching enlightenment, beyond auras, ringing bells, and a healing touch, is that you start valuing idle daydreaming as much as you value being in the throes of creativity. And that you begin talking sweetly, not only to plants and trees, but to cars and toasters and computers.
You find that you’re eagerly picking up trash in public places. 
And, quite unequivocally, you begin to feel gratitude for present challenges, love for lousy drivers, and sympathy for those who don’t see service in their work. Until you arrive, then, these might be ways to lean in.
It’s perfectly okay, and sometimes highly ideal, to claim all is well amid doubt and confusion. To be happy in spite of challenges. To laugh at problems. Dance without a partner. Sing without a rhyme. And talk to inanimate objects.
Gorgeous, magnificent, and sublime are words that should be used as frequently as possible between you and your mirror. Hubba, hubba is good too. And please never forget to smile.”
A Beginner’s Guide To The Universe – Uncommon Ideas For Living An Unusually Happy Life, Mike Dooley, pgs. 145 – 146.