ARE YOU CHASING JOY?

JOY!

Are you chasing it? 

Do you think it's something outside you? Do others have it? Is it real? How long does it last?⁠
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Joy is not an emotion - it's a state of being. ⁠
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Joy is not fake. It is not hiding behind a smile or saying, "I'm fine." Or giving too much until you're exhausted. It's not expecting others to fill you, agree with you, like you, or love you. ⁠
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Joy is something that is yours inherently. It's right there, but how do you allow yourself to be in a state of JOY?⁠
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We have been taught wrong teachings for a very long time on this planet...as such, we much undo much of what we believe is true.⁠
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How?⁠

Perspective is key⁠.
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Example: Folding Laundry⁠

Is this a joy for you? I used to despise this task. With 2 boys and a husband and myself - there's always laundry in the baskets, on the floor, and in the cars. I hated it! There was no JOY in this mundane and irritating task...UNTIL..

I changed my perspective.⁠
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I started folding laundry with full presence to the task. I did not think about what else I could be doing. Instead, I looked at every piece of clothing with curiosity. As I folded it, I watched the arms fold onto themselves. I felt the cloth in my hands, the heat from the dryer. I heard the sound of the movements I made. I watched the stacks go up, sometimes tumble. I smelled the cleanness of the soap I used. I thought of my family wearing clean clothes and looking good in them because I folded and there were no wrinkles. I was present in the laundry folding process...

...and it became a meditation. ⁠
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I found JOY in folding laundry. I found peace. You can too.⁠
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CHALLENGE:⁠

Take a mundane task and become fully present to it - to all of it, every second of it. I promise you will find JOY.⁠
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Love to all...⁠