“Your fear is 100% dependent on you for its survival.” – Steve Maraboli
Picture of a woman sitting and looking forward to a lake or open space. With the quote on the picture.
When I saw this quote the other day, I KNEW that it was a keeper! I absolutely love it!
What I really like about it is that you could exchange the word ‘fear’ for other words and it still works.
For example: “Your happiness is 100% dependent on you for its survival.” ๐
“Your JOY is 100% dependent on you for its survival.”
And sure other people can bring us JOY and happiness but if we cannot receive or see it, WE stop ourselves from experiencing it.
As for the fear one, just reading this quote and pondering on it brings me freedom. I do not have to let fear live in my mind rent free! I can got off its source of energy.
One of the best ways to shift from fear is to focus on love and gratitude. This instantly helps one to start shifting from vibrating at the level of fear and to start to move up the emotional and energetic ladder.
I have written about working with your thoughts to help with this as well. Here are a few links to past blogs posts that might help you if you are struggling with any of this:
A young boy and his little sister who is holding a cat, in 1937. They both have huge smiles on their faces.
My friend Suanne shared this picture last year on Facebook. It is a picture of her father and his little sister in 1937. I just love it and think the world needs to both see and enJOY it.
Is it not the best? It just gives me so much JOY to look at this. Thank you to my friend for allowing me to share it with you all. ๐
And please if you have any warm and fuzzy, heart lifting, bringing pictures of times gone by or even right now, please share them with me if you like and we can spread some ๐ฅ๐๐ด with others.
I shared a quote on Facebook today, along with some additional thoughts of my own.
Here was the quote:
“Every situation in life is temporary. So, when life is good, make sure you enJOY and receive it fully. And when life is not so good, remember that it will not last forever and better days are on the way.” Anonymous
My addition to it:
And if you want to take it to the next level, try to EnJOY it even when it is not so called “Good” … we can never get lost time back so let’s squeeze as much JOY out of EVERY moment that we can even when it is challenging. When it seems hard to do, look for things to be grateful for, think of who you Love and who Loves you, Smile at Beautiful memories, send Inspiration and Hope to others, listen to Happy music, take pictures of the sky, notice how blue the sky is, Love up your pet, drink a glass of water all while appreciating that you have clean water to drink, …… the list is endless. Use your internal power and focus wisely.ย
Can you add to this list? Why not get out a pen and paper or grab your phone and use your Note feature to jot down some more things. I promise you if you do, you will feel so good and that sounds pretty darn good right about now, doesn’t it? ๐
Quote from Ariana Grande “Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks”.
Just be YOU! It really can’t get any simpler than this. We are supposed to be who we ARE!
I don’t even consider things as flaws, but hey if you want to call them that, who am I to stop you. ๐
I am so excited to see people awakening all around me just being THEM! It is so liberating. I hope you join us on the ๐น๐๐๐๐นโ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐พ๐! Full speed ahead ๐
A pretty picture with a link to sign up for Maggie’s monthly newsletter “Your Path to Wellness”Pretty picture with a link to sign up for Maggie’s FREE ebook for having more JOY in your life and work. #JOY
Picture of a girl hanging upside down with a quote saying “A thing of beauty is a JOY forever” John Keats
I truly believe that JOY is our birthright. I believe that we are on earth to experience JOY and to enJOY being JOYous beings.
One of the easiest ways to access JOY is through beauty and appreciating beauty. It can be as simple as your favorite cup or as big as travelling to an exotic place to see the ocean’s view for the first time.
Beauty is all around us and we can see it when we look. (ใฃโโกโ)ใฃ
Maggie with Matthew and Eva on her lap with a book in hand.
My friend Teresa texted me this picture today. It’s from about 15 years ago when her kids were little.
I must admit I do not remember this moment so thank goodness for pictures once again, but I just LOVE this picture. It radiates pure JOY and it just lifts my heart and spirit to even look at it.
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I say often that JOY is our birthright. JOY is Sweet. JOY is Juicy. And JOY is great for the soul!
I hope you welcome and embrace more moments of JOY into your life.
If you would like my free e-book on having more JOY in your life, the link is below.
I like to think there are no mistakes. Everything that we experience is just that … an experience. We experience something and then we choose and decide if we wish to experience it again.
I like to think of these ‘experiences’ as gifts to show me what I no longer want in my life or what I want to add more of into my life. Pretty simple right? โฅ And it is. โฅ
The least amount of time we spend living with regret or remorse, the more time we have to fast track in the things we want and that bring us more โฅ JOY โฅ
I know it is not always easy, especially when we are in fear or emotional pain, but I think by even declaring or understanding this concept, it helps. At least it does for me and I hope it does for you too.
So that’s all for today. Have an amazing day now or if you are reading this in the future. And if you are reading this in the future future and I am no longer in and of this world know that my spirit has your back ๐
Love to allโข โฅโฅโฅ
A pretty picture with a link to sign up for Maggie’s monthly newsletter “Your Path to Wellness”Pretty picture with a link to sign up for Maggie’s FREE ebook for having more JOY in your life and work. #JOYPicture I took of a butterfly and lilacs, 2 of my favorite things, along with a ‘Click Here’ button to receive my Free 33 Affirmation to use…A picture of a yacht on the water that I took in Miami on one of my #workandplyfromanywhere trips.
๐ฅโฏ๐ด is our birthright yet many of us have trouble tapping into JOY. JOY is one of the highest frequencies available to us and is well worth pursuing. Download my free ebook on “Finding JOY” so that you can start adding more JOY into your days, life and into the world. The world needs more JOY and one by one we can make a difference. I hope you EnJOY this short but powerful book that I have prepared just for YOU! ๐ โฅ ENJOY โฅ and be โฅ INJOY โฅ
This is a picture I made with my Christmas tree in the background. I love looking at the Christmas tree and thinking about all of the Love that has surrounded it over the years. Of course, each ornament has significance and makes the tree even more special because of them.
I sometimes just sit and think about many people’s Christmas trees and how they display a lifetime of stages and memories. As I gaze at my own tree, which is right beside me now, I see ornaments given to me by my mother who passed in 1993. I see a few “Baby’s First Christmas”. I see handmade ornaments by my daughter. I see ornaments made each year for Sivanna, my daughter, by her Grandmother by Heart, Joyce. I see many ornaments with special memories….. too many to list.
But what I see most of all, is LOVE. The warmth and glow of the tree and the fire reminds me of that inner and outer glow of Love. We gather in Love, we celebrate in Love and we Rejoice in Love.
Every year I host Christmas Eve at my house and this year was spectacular! Everyone had fun and there were smiles and Love all around. I know why though. I know the secret to why it was so wonderful and why it gets better every year…. it’s because we are appreciating it and each other more and more every year and it just makes it more enriched each and every year.
One of my most favorite things to see is the tradition being instilled in my daughter. As we prepare for the occasion she automatically knows to get out the serving platter for the turkey, our special cutting board given to us by Baba, aka Big Audrey (because there is a little Audrey), the fine china and to tidy the bathroom and whatever else we need to do. At these times I smile with my heart and it swells in the knowing that she will one day be fondly sharing memories of times past and of how much Love and JOY were in them. And the she too will be hosting the next generation with Love in her heart too!
Here I am in my kitchen with ‘the cutting’ board and my Santa apron given to me also by Baba one yearl
When I am long gone from this world, I would want anyone reading this who knows and loves me and has been a part of these glorious occasions to know how much I Love putting these on and preparing the food with Love for all of you to enJOY. My eyes are leaking as I type this and I am grateful that I can write things like this to express my feelings of JOY and APPRECIATION. I am also grateful for all of you in my life who Love me and show me all the time. I love you all!
Merry Christmas and may you always celebrate with JOY in your heart!
To me JOY, which is said to be a vibration higher than even LOVE โค , is LOVE โค expressing itself. That is how I see JOY. It is also why I strive for more JOY in my life every day!
When I think of young children singing, dancing, giggling, and being silly, I think of JOY.
Exuberant children having fun at the beach… being silly.
When I think of a proud parent, I think of JOY expressing itself.
When I think of a couple newly in LOVE, โค I think of JOY.
Man holding woman in his arms as she smiles an her hair is tossed from him twirling her around. So in LOVE. JOY
When I think of a couple anticipating the birth of their child, a new life, I think of JOY.
Portrait of lovely future parents during sunset – JOY!
When I think of a hot cup of tea, I think of JOY.
Hot cup of tea in a vintage tea cup. JOY
When I think of FREEDOM, I think of JOY.
JOY is amazing. JOY has the power to open our hearts and expand our LOVE. โค And I LOVE โค that because we are LOVE. โค We were born in and from LOVE โค and we will return to LOVE. โค
JOY also enhances our immune system, stimulates our creativity and has a positive impact on everyone around us and the world. JOY is an emotion that can transform fear also. JOY can free one from their own pain and suffering. JOY can help FREE oneself from limiting beliefs and ideals. When you strive for JOY you can never go wrong.
Find JOY in the simple things. Seek JOY and it will find you.
I have written many helpful posts about JOY and you can access them here:
