Prevent Inner Killjoy – Take a Spiritual Shower

See if this sounds familiar: Life is coasting along like a souped-up tricycle when out of nowhere… CRASH! You’re knocked over by a nasty twist of fate – a little monster I call, the “inner killjoy”. The inner killjoy is your own personal party pooper either you unwittingly create or pick up elsewhere like a germ.  Violently, the inner killjoy drags you through unhappy chaos. It tends to happen in threes, if you haven’t noticed.  Before you know it, you’re angry, frantic or worse, you’ve taken it out on someone dear.

One Monday, I met up with my inner killjoy after a prolonged, appreciated absence. Round two with this insipid force and my immediate thought was, “Can I not catch a break?” My next thought was, “These things happen in threes! There’s one more coming!” That last thought ushered in an escalation.

Joy disappeared along with sanity. I just wanted my joy back!

Two things I learned about its wrath.  #1: Flailing about won’t rescue me and; #2: Most times, neither will my conscious mind.  There is however, a power from within that can; a formula for keeping my joy. The formula and the prevention are the same: dedicated quiet time.

Most start their day off with a shower followed by the morning news, a little breakfast and a mad dash off to work. For me, it’s meditation first. Meditation or quiet time all accomplish the same purpose. They insert a sanity buffer between getting up and getting out the door. It preps the mind with a spiritual shower. As I heard someone say, we take a shower to wash off street muck from our bodies, so why wouldn’t we cleanse our minds as well?

Taking a daily spiritual shower makes energy ripe for a higher frequency. Even five minutes of dedicated stillness puts my thoughts in “time out” and gives me the ability to rest in that sweet spot where energy expands. Over time, it offers indescribable  peace and connection. It allows for all that is. And the best part: I get to keep my joy.