True meditation begins in a state of bliss.
So the first thing to learn is to be cheerful, to be rejoicing into small things of life!
The people, the trees, the sun, the moon, the stars, the flowers, the butterflies, mm?
Small things of life… Just a walk on the beach, just the chirping of the birds in the morning, just the taste of the salty air on the beach – one should learn to enjoy all these small things. One should become more and more sensitive, alert of all that surrounds you.
And one should rejoice.
One should not be sad and serious.
No Man is an Island, Ch 25 (excerpt)