Keep Choosing Joy
After a week like we had last week (or has it been a whole month like that?), it's difficult to remember that 'Joy' is the goal of our journey.
Frustrations keep building, we're continually stuck in the muck of having to deal with things we don't like - work stress, studying, relationship issues - and as punishment for not being able to do it right, we then tend to take it out on ourselves. We'd never do that to people we love deeply, right?
LillyAnne Rice says we need to choose joy, and we need to keep choosing it. Always. Maybe she's right. Maybe that's the secret. In everyday situations, we should make the conscious choice to do what would bring us the most joy.
When we feel the need to binge, is bingeing really the thing that's going to bring us true happiness? Or do we actually want to talk to someone, or read something, cuddle a pet, or take a time out of life and lie down on our backs to stare at the ceiling/stars for a while? If food has become the focal point in your life, doesn't that make less sense than actually focusing on the things we want to do and feel, instead of eat?
What if things on the job go pear shaped? Would bundling it up inside until the end of time bring forth a happier soul, or would having a good, long private cry actually do the trick and bring a sense of relief? Isn't it silly to tell yourself, like I often do, that you do not have time to feel these emotions, that crying is a waste of time you should be spending on being productive?
These are the thoughts that I find tumbling around in the old noggin today, because we cannot control what happens around us, but we need to take control of our spiritual and mental wellbeing. Happy people don't punish themselves when they experience moments of feeling overwhelmed. They feel through it to get to the other side of joy.
Frustrations keep building, we're continually stuck in the muck of having to deal with things we don't like - work stress, studying, relationship issues - and as punishment for not being able to do it right, we then tend to take it out on ourselves. We'd never do that to people we love deeply, right?
LillyAnne Rice says we need to choose joy, and we need to keep choosing it. Always. Maybe she's right. Maybe that's the secret. In everyday situations, we should make the conscious choice to do what would bring us the most joy.
When we feel the need to binge, is bingeing really the thing that's going to bring us true happiness? Or do we actually want to talk to someone, or read something, cuddle a pet, or take a time out of life and lie down on our backs to stare at the ceiling/stars for a while? If food has become the focal point in your life, doesn't that make less sense than actually focusing on the things we want to do and feel, instead of eat?
What if things on the job go pear shaped? Would bundling it up inside until the end of time bring forth a happier soul, or would having a good, long private cry actually do the trick and bring a sense of relief? Isn't it silly to tell yourself, like I often do, that you do not have time to feel these emotions, that crying is a waste of time you should be spending on being productive?
These are the thoughts that I find tumbling around in the old noggin today, because we cannot control what happens around us, but we need to take control of our spiritual and mental wellbeing. Happy people don't punish themselves when they experience moments of feeling overwhelmed. They feel through it to get to the other side of joy.
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