I swear we were infinite

I've recently finished reading a book by Stephen Chbosky titled 'The perks of being a wallflower'. There is one scene that really stuck out for me which describes three friends driving along after attending a dance.

"After the dance, we left in Sam's pickup. Patrick was driving this time. As we were approaching the Fort Pitt Tunnel, Sam asked Patrick to pull to the side of the road. I didn't know what was going on. Sam then climbed in the back of the pickup, wearing nothing but her dance dress. She told Patrick to drive, and he got this smile on his face. I guess they had done this before.

Anyway, Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel, Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. A beautiful song called "Landslide." When we got out of the tunnel, Sam screamed this really funny scream, and there it was. Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing.
And in that moment, I swear we were infinite".

The reason this scene spoke to me so much is that i feel it is important to do something each day that gives you that feeling of being infinite.
My interpretation of this is doing something out of the ordinary. Something that gives you that beautiful feeling of oneness with your environment, everything contained in your environment and the universe.
This may sound a little daunting but in practice this is a really easy process. Below are some of my favourite activities that you could try for yourself or maybe they will inspire you to come up with some of your own.

• Cycling through the empty streets in the middle of the night.
• Jumping into a body of water.
• Open water swimming i.e not in a swimming pool. (always with someone else!)
• Saying a meaningful hello to a stranger.
• Running through the environment whether it be town centres or fields.
• Random acts of kindness/love.
• Stopping, taking deep breaths and submerging your consciousness in your present environment.
• A random silly dance to one of your favourite songs. (The sillier, the better)
• Standing naked in the rain (or underpants if needs be)

These are just a few ideas. I guess the most important thing to do in any of these situations is to be present and enjoy the moment and your life to it's fullest, even if it's just for a few seconds at that point in time.

JN