Week 14: Present and Joyful

While going through life we often think we can do something later when in all reality, all we have is the present. I would like to talk today about being more present and active in our daily lives in order to live a life in abundance in the long haul. 
About 5 years ago I was faced with a near death experience when I suffered a severe brain bleed and crushed the left side of my face. I should have woken up knowing no one or worse been a vegetable for the rest of my life. Someone I was blessed enough by God's grace to come out of that experience not a vegetable and most of my faculties in tact. This experience completely changed my perspective on the idea how much each and every moment matters in my life and how little the crap matters. So the first thing I want to talk about is being in the here and now, no matter what. More often then not it is extremely easy to spend a lot of time buried in your cell phone as you make your way through the day. Instead I would challenge you for at least one hour a day to put your phone away and be completely present in what you are doing. I know that as you do this you will see more beautiful things around you and learn to appreciate the joy and happiness that is in life. 


Which brings me to my next point of choosing to be happy, no matter what. All too often I find myself comparing myself and my journey to someone else's journey which results in unhappiness and self doubt. What I have recently started doing instead is replacing those bad or comparative thoughts to finding something that brings me joy in my journey of life. An example of this is when I compare myself in my job to the other women I work with for how amazing they have done in such a short period of time and instead I replace that with I am extremely personable like Sierra who is so successful or I am great at training others just like Sadie does. This takes my ugly comparative thought and turns it into a positive one that sets me up to succeed! I know that as you try this practice it will improve your quality of life and allow you to live a life that is full of much more happiness.

Overall as you become more present and joyful in your life I know that amazing things will come from it as your choose to live your life in abundance and then work for it!