JOY

Kosin is built on the side of a small mountain, so to go from building 1 to building 2 you must go to the fourth floor of the first building and then walk outside to enter the first floor of the second. It leaves many people gasping for air daily as they climb the steep incline.
The other day, a student named Violet was ascending the stairs of building 1 ahead of me. As she climbed she looked out from the dimly lit building upon a beautifully sunny day and saw the path outside veiled in falling cherry blossoms. She instantly let out a giggly squeal of intense joy and leaped up the remaining 5 or 6 stairs into the rays of sun. She dashed 20 feet down the sidewalk and plunged her nose into a branch covered with sweet, white blossoms. Then, after inviting the beauty and aroma of the blossoms to settle into her memory and fill her heart with delight, she literally skipped down the sidewalk and up the stairs into building 2!
I walked up to my office with a warm heart and huge smile, feeling blessed to be a spectator to such pure and beautiful joy. Thanks Violet. :)