Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff.

Have you ever had one of those moments where it's like,

oh my goodness, it just takes your breath away

and you're just in an ecstatic state because it's so magnificent, so beautiful.

I want to share a couple of those that I have had.

I've had many in my life, but I remember a couple that really stand out.

When I was in university I had worked very hard at a summer job and then the next summer I used

that money to go to Europe for three months.

While I was traveling in Europe, I met a guy from Yugoslavia and the two of us started traveling together.

We decided to go on a trip to Morocco, the northern tip of Africa, and when we got there we found a hotel and the owner of the hotel was just a really nice guy.

So that night the three of us sat up most of the night just talking.

We were drinking this most exquisite tea, had mint leaves in it. It was so good.

And we just talked. We talked through the night. And I remember that night thinking what an incredible moment

me traveling from the United States from the Midwest Iowa sitting in a hotel cafe

just spending the evening, talking, exploring the wonders of the world

and really connecting at the heart level.

It truly was one of the most exquisite moments of my life.

And then there was another time that I was backpacking up in the Sierras

for two weeks in a beautiful mountain range in California.

The people I was backpacking with had all gone to bed and I was standing

outside under the stars. It was so crystal clear and it was just exquisite. It was truly, again, one of those peak experiences, magic moments that was just so beautiful, because I just felt at one with the universe and everything just seemed perfect and it was just

exquisite, pure ecstasy.

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