Joy is the essence of life and yet how to bridge the gap between joy and pain?
Historically whenever I have asked myself this question, I have drawn a blank. People numb their pain. I had somehow numbed my joy.
In the past few years, I asked myself this so many times, what brings me joy? I would really be blank. It was so difficult to come up with an answer. As surprising it may be, it was true.
Spirit calls out to me to bring more joy into my life. I thought about it even yesterday and felt numb to it.
Today when someone asked this on one of the groups, it prompted me to think out loud.
Years upon years upon years of healing pain / trauma/ depression / grief / ancestral issues/. inner child wounding / shadow work, shamanic work and yet no joy !! hmm the saddest state one can be in.. :-p
Finally the floodgates seem to have opened to bring in this energy more and more into my life.
Finally today, I got some tinklers.
Playing at the beach with the waves and mama sea caressing me, brings so much fun and joy to my inner child (sadly I cannot access this daily)
Teaching and sharing from heart space brings immense joy to my being.
Helping someone help themselves brings so much fulfillment and joy.
Teaching the most heaviest of topics and yet being able to create humor and lightness naturally in the class brings so much joy to my heart.
Sharing and spending time with friends and having soulfully rich conversations brings joy to my heart.
Drumming and dancing erratically brings joy to my heart.
Most importantly – spending time in nature in US and our road trips in nature, trekking, being able to touch and reach to various places of nature is the most joyful experience for me.
Writing (re birthing this part of me big time in 2019) – my experiences and my poetic expression brings joy to me.
I am sure as I stir the pot more and more will unfold.
I surely aspire to reach a state when “being” joy is effortless and not subject to being or doing something.
I will get there. Life is always a work in progress, isn’t it..
We all wish to make more money, have more success and happiness in our lives. How about today, we sat with our own self and asked “What brings me joy?” and just allow the answer to bubble up.
And how about we bring / birth what brings us joy into our Being.
To more joy to all of us..
Feel free to share what brings you joy.