Is it possible to live in the world we live in and navigate the lives we have while still choosing joy? Well, on this #MammothMonday I am going to tell you that although you have the option and free will to choose joy, it does not mean that you will not feel either pain, sorrow, stress or even frustration when you make this choice.
Any choice that you make in life comes with a price tag. You just have to decide whether or not you want to pay a precious price and be miserable or whether you want to pay a precious price and live with joy. I am very aware that writing this is very easy and implementing it can be an entirely different animal but when you step back at look at the whole picture, making the conscious decision to be joyful may usually mean that the opposing view may shoot daggers at you for your choice however, when you choose joy, those daggers will begin to feel like small stings rather than stabbing knives. Meaning that although opposition is in your face, the fact that you are choosing joy will always lesson that which tries to tear you down. You just have to be strong enough to do what YOU want and not succumb to what others try to impose on you.
This is your #MammothMonday lesson. Today is about doing something huge and what better way of doing something huge than choosing YOU above all else..
I have been thinking about this blog post since yesterday and still, about forty hours later I still cannot find something eloquent enough to say about what I am feeling so I will just speak from my heart and I hope that I am able to express my thoughts without rambling. So, here is my issue for a lack of better terminology. Yesterday, along with millions of people around the world, I watched television in shock as the news spread about the tragic death of Kobe Bryant along with eight other people traveling with him. I do not follow basketball nor do I follow him but I know enough about him to have been in shock. What has inundated my mind for hours is that all of these people had plans. They had things to do, people to call, meetings to attend etc. I cannot help but to wonder, how many of them chose joy in their lives over everything else? How much regret died along with them? We spend our lives working ourselves to exhaustion. How does joy fit in there? We spend our lives trying to impress everyone around us. How does joy fit in there? We spend our lives caring for everyone’s needs and neglecting our own needs. How does joy fit in there? I can go on and on with this and the common question will be how does joy fit in? The answer is so simple yet it is the most excruciating to implement. We have to just make the conscious decision to choose joy.
Your choice may bring you less money or less friends or maybe a smaller house or maybe it might just bring you greater wealth because you are less stressed and you are a happier person. Maybe because you are happier it will bring you many more friends than you ever envisioned having. Maybe being filled with joy will enable you to find the perfect home that fits your lifestyle. Regardless of whether you lose something or gain something, the fact that you choose to live your life being joyful is by far the greatest life you can possibly give yourself. The nine lives lost yesterday in that horrific helicopter crash is a reminder that tomorrow is not promised to anyone. Not the rich or the poor. It is not promised to the healthy nor to the sick. It is not promised to the young or the old. We, like those nine lives lost yesterday have absolutely no control as to the date or the time that we will depart this earth. What we are promised is right here and right now and the gift that the majority of us are blessed with is the gift of choice. Choose joy.
I know that this is my opinion but it is worth thinking about. If you would like another prospective, read The Book of Joy. I have recommended this book before and I am choosing it again so if you have not already read it, go borrow it from your local library and maybe from a friend. If neither option is available, here is a link to get your own copy from Amazon >> https://amzn.to/2sJZjDx.
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