A Good Day

Whoa!!  Seriously?? An entire six weeks have passed since my last post.  I’m not exactly clear as to why I’m sharing that.  Some would say…  Just quietly sneak back in…act as if you’ve not gone missing; maybe no one will notice.

It doesn’t matter.  Not really.  Ultimately what matters is that I’ve been busily living life and enJOYing every moment.

I’ve had 42+ Good Days!!  (Seriously.  At the end of day inventory, they were ALL GOOD.)

“Weren’t there a few moments of stuck & yuck here & there”, you may ask?   …OK, maybe a few…but not enough for me to care to give my lasting attention to.

Give Me a Cloud…

I’m all about the JOY.  You give me a cloud and I’ll find the silver lining.  The JOY is always there for us.

That’s really all there is.  Being in JOY as often as possible.  And when that’s where our attention goes…it’s amazing just how many JOYful moments we live.

Have you been living JOYfully? Are you giving attention to how much JOY is in your life?  Look around you.  Can you see anything at all to be JOYful about?  If you aren’t immediately noticing anything…  Look CLOSER.

• What about how your dog’s body rises and falls with each relaxed breath, reminding you that life is good?
• What about the wonder in a child’s eyes?
• Or how your partner sweetly says, “I love you” a bunch of times each day?
• How about that forwarded email that’s been around the world and back again?  You know, the one with the incredible photos of animals in nature.

(OK, so these are a few things that ‘do it’ for me…what does it for you?)

• What about the fact that you’re alive?
• What about all the blessings, big and small that grace your path in life every day?

Want an immediate JOY boost?

Think of 3 things right now that you LOVE in life.

Dig deep and give gratitude for each of them.

Feel what it’s like to be with what ever those 3 things are.

If it’s food, taste it.  If it’s flowers, smell them.  If it’s a loved one, give them an imaginary squeeze!  Right now.

Can you feel it?

JOY isn’t far away.  JOY isn’t something for some day.  Joy is for right now. In every moment.  Did you know that?  JOY is a choice just like everything else. In every moment there is something just screaming to be recognized for the JOY it brings you.

When we begin to realize that we are surrounded by JOY INDUCERS, we begin to realize that we are the igniters.  We are responsible for turning our JOY on.

Every day is a Good Day…if that’s what we choose it to be.

What are you choosing?

Will you choose to notice and count the JOYful blessings in each day?  Or will you choose to notice the things that make you go a little buggy?

A YouTube video from Brother David Steindl-Rast titled, “A Good Day” moved me to tears of JOY this morning.

So much so that I was inspired to write this post.  I just had to get back in touch with you.  I just had to tell you that Life is Good.  Better than good, really.  Downright GREAT.

As I watched the video I found my inner self shouting, “YES!  Beautiful!  Yes!  I feel that!  I see that!  I am deeply, ever so deeply GRATEFUL for that!!”

May your every day be a Good Day.  May you see and live each day as if it were your very first…and your very last.  Now that, as Brother David points out, makes for a day well spent.  A Good Day, indeed.

So…What’s UP…What’s All the JOY About?!

For those of you wondering just what’s been so JOYful for me these past six weeks…

We’ve followed our hearts once again.  We moved from Colorado where we’ve been feeling a bit like misfits for the last two years back to Wisconsin, our birth home.  We’ve been away for over six years…and coming ‘home’ to family, friends and the natural green space and water we love feels sooo good!

We’ve been blessed with a gorgeous sanctuary atop a hill in the woods.  It’s the perfect retreat for us.  We’re surrounded by nature in every direction.  This place feeds our souls…and inspires deep creative passion within us.  It’s a constant re-charging station and we are eternally grateful.

The past 6 weeks have been about the transition, the move, the settling in and making a house a home.  The past 6 weeks have been about re-connecting with family and friends; such JOY.  And the past 6 weeks have been about re-connecting with Mother Nature…boating, hiking, sitting, exploring, listening, watching nature in all her splendor.

Such Good Days.  Such JOY.  So much to give Gratitude for!

JOY is contagious. I’m willing to share so you can catch some. 

• Let’s be friends on Facebook~

• Let’s get in the stream together on Twitter~

I want to feel your JOY, too.  Share it.  Please? 

Awesome HEART Cloud Photo Credit:  Me!…and Heaven, of course. (photo taken while JOYfully boating w/Mark & Destin on White Lake in WI)

Need some assistance in finding the JOY in your life?  I can help.  Let’s discover your JOY together through my Soulitude Intuitive Coaching Sessions (that’s just a fancy name for us getting together via phone, skype, iChat…or even in person…to talk about stuff so that I can help you feel into the Feel Good Joy in your life).  If that idea feels good, email me now:  debra[at]soulitude[dot]com