How To Attain Joy

[nuisance26]

~I'm a person of simple needs and wants. I'm almost always satisfied and I find many reasons to be happy. But joy has always been elusive to me. Yesterday, as I reflected on the times in my life that I have felt joyful, I realized something. I feel joyful when I receive a gift of love. I've spent so much time thinking joy itself was the gift and have been laboring hard to 'earn' it. But now I think that if I become more observant, I will cultivate joy. I suppose joy comes from an attitude of gratitude but I've always had a hard time with gratitude lists. Where and how do you ever stop? So I started a list of things that were gifted to me lately along with the expression 'because they love me'. So this week I'm looking for the acts of love in my life and embracing them. And now also looking at my attitude while performing acts of love for others. I'm really just realizing how much I disconnect myself from a task, even if my motivation is to please someone I love. I don't need to be afraid to feel love and joy. I don't need to feel that I need to strive to 'deserve' it. I can just appreciate the joy.~

[mommy2many]

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Thought this may help ya!