Choosing Joy!
Here is a thought. What if we spent the same amount of time we spend each day choosing what we are going to wear, eat, drink, or who we are going to spend time with as we do choosing joy?
I spend time doing all of the things that I mention and they all enhance my day. I feel good when I am wearing clothes I love, eat food that is healthy and delicious-cookies are healthy, aren’t they?
On the days that I conciously choose joy and dress myself in it like it is my favorite frock, I have better days. They are more fun, I experience more synchronicities and am gentler on myself and others.
You can tell when people choose joy–it is easy to see. They are smiling!
I was having lunch at Taquiria Del Sol yesterday–I started thinking about that corn chowder at about 11 AM–I had to have it-just like I have to have joy!
I was enjoying the people watching and noticed that people choose some really cool outfits here in Decatur, yet for alot of people, you could tell that they forget to choose joy. You could tell by their energy and expression on their face.
Think about it-will you choose joy as your accessory today? I will and it will lool like a woman with a killer smile wearing the coolest black boots!
Wendy is a joyful, vibrant human being who sees possibilities everywhere she goes. Whether she is working with a coaching client, creating a piece of art or riding her bicycle 100 miles in one day, the joy of possibility is one of her favorite perspectives. Alot of her joy comes from spending time with her husband Matt and their 2 four-legged kids, Abbey Road and Eli. It also comes from listening to good music, spending time in nature, eating good food and being with friends and family. When all of that happens together, she is in joyful bliss.
I have a pair of boots like that!
LOL. But seriously… sometimes I think certain objects, outfits and other material things act a a trigger for my joy, reminding me easily to stay consciously in my happiness. I can’t always rely on externals like that to jump-start my joy, of course, but it is an extra treat when “things” work out that way!
And sometimes, even when I’m not choosing joy, I’ll turn a corner somehow and – WOW – there it is – joy has chosen me! I love that quote that says, “What you are looking for is what is looking . . .”
I think I will let joy find me again today!