Where to find joy in everyday moments...

 

Where to find joy in everyday moments...

 

Eating toast and peanut butter

 

Feeling patient

 

Caring about another's feelings

 

Taking the time to drop in on a friend

 

Buying the person in line behind you a beverage of their choice

 

Looking people in the eye

 

Smiling out to the world

 

Brushing your teeth

 

Drinking a glass of cold water

 

Stopping and sitting still for five minutes

 

Speaking softly

 

Singing a favorite song

 

Remembering a good memory

 

Just being

 

Making a positive decision

 

Remembering why you said no and keeping your word

 

Catching that negative thought before it gets away...

 

Creating a new positive sentence out of an old thought pattern

 

Reading your favorite magazine

 

Allowing for emotions to rise and recognize them and then release the ones that close you

 

Getting that one thing done you wanted to do today

 

That great feeling when you know you did your best today

 

Saying a prayer of thanks upon resting your head for the night

 

Feeling good and knowing it in the moment

 

Hugging friends when you greet them

 

Telling the truth with sincerity

 

Avoiding drama by not absorbing only observing

 

Being happy for someone else's success

 

Completing something, anything and saying I did it !

 

Listening to another's story and hearing their feelings behind their words

 

Being in the moment of now

 

Appreciating nature in my own backyard

 

Hearing the birds and crickets

 

Breathing  in the air of the new season ....

 

Joy. Joy. Joy.

 

As we partake in our part of our journey and recognize how we feel joy in our everyday moments...this awareness keeps this world alive with hope for all who are not aware of how to create their own awareness of their own mind joy. Which is: knowing you are feeling Joy and creating more of it.

 

And so it is...

 

Mind-joy ~

• August 26, 2014
• Charlene Hancock