—and you can reclaim your birthright, right now

by Cindy Teevens

“Standing in Staples, waiting for my order, I stood with what I knew could be interpreted as a “stupid grin.” I was so happy just standing there, just feeling the joy of being alive. Just feeling the breath move in and out, just being. Smiling broadly from ear-to-ear, gentle tingles flowed-up-and-down my body. Things got a little busy there, and it took some time, but I could have just stood there in joy indefinitely.

Three times people who turned and looked at me were drawn, with a new smile as broad as mine, to ask if I needed help. They returned to their business in the mundane state they were in before. Looking around the room, scanning the six or so people working, I felt like I was going to burst—I felt like a child with a secret…