Finding your Joy
Ever wonder what Joy is? I would hear this a lot and think, hmmmm.. I don't get excited over too much, must be I don't have a "Joy". Well, joy is something that lights up your soul. That is what I found out, when I truly found mine! Something you never want to stop, put down or time passes by and before you know it the whole day is gone. That is what joy looks like to me. So what is your Joy? Do you have joy? Like I said, I didn't for a long time.
Then, I found it!! Well, found a lot of them. Apparently, you can have more than 1 and I found them all. Well, maybe not all yet, I am still searching, it becomes addicting because you feel so good when you find one. So first one is Gardening! LOVE IT. I could spend all day everyday, outside with my plants, birds, bushes and my lawn, I love to mow too. I love to garden barefoot (best way to ground yourself by the way). Second, Birds, I wake up every morning to my little friends. I have chickadees, titmice, blue jays, crows, sparrows, cardinals Robins and more. I have my coffee and listen to them talk to each other. One chickadee every morning comes to my porch and looks in my window and waits until I put a small scoop of food out. He will even eat out of my hand! Third: Plants, love them. I even rescue them out of the garbages when people THROW THEM AWAY!!! Can you believe people throw away plants, I couldn't, people, plants have feeling too!! Yes, I am the one that buys the poor leftover plants, yes, the ones no-one wants. I feel bad for them and want to help them to recover and prosper! I have way too many and possibly may need a bigger house soon. I love every one of them. I talk to them and care for them. They are an extension of my family. Fourth: Essential oils, I love finding new ways to use these gifts of the earth. I can stay up all night learning about them (oh and I have) I am blown away by the uses these amazing oils have, from pain to relaxation to healing properties the list just goes on and I could talk about them all day long, and sometimes do! Fifth: Energy work! I never thought this one would be a thing. But come to find out it is. I thrive when I am in a session, my soul lights up. I absolutely, love to help people. Who knew! So, I am in my zone when I am in a session, answering a question about oils, running around the lawn barefoot with a bird on my shoulder and grabbing plants out of the garbage, I just never wanna stop doing any of these.
So, again I ask, what is your Joy? Think about it. Find something that truly lights up your soul. We all need Joy, Joy is very important, lots and lots of Joy. This may just be the secret to life. I see it in a lot of older people that I know. I see them doing things they love to do and they look young and healthy and are in good shape. I even know a couple in their 80s that go rollerskating every Saturday nigh and stay out til midnight, they are incredible!! So, maybe your joy is gardening, listen to music, dancing in the rain, hell, dancing in the rain naked, I don't know, only you will know that. You need to do that joy, once a day, once a week or even once a month if that is all you have time for. We all need joy in our lives to make us thrive. I promise you, if you find just one thing that makes your soul sing, your soul will love you for it. It will crave more, you will find more and you will be a happier person every time you find it.
From my heart to yours
Michele