Picture of a girl holding pink tulips behind her back and the quote: “Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” John Harrigan
Why Happiness?
The question is why not happiness? ๐
Happiness is our birthright and is really an underlying desire of most people.
For example when we desire things for other people like our children, we are really wanting them to just be happy……like wanting them to graduate from a good school, or to land a great job, underneath it all, what we really, really want is for them to be happy.
We want this for ourselves too. When we can show our children that we are happy, we teach them that happiness is natural. Many people today feel that happiness is some far away and unreachable place, and that is unfortunate.
โThere is no way to happiness.ย Happinessย is theย way.โ
Thich Nhat Hanh
I highly recommend putting happiness on your daily check list. What are some things that you can do to increase your happiness so that you are happier and you infuse the natural art of happiness into those around your too?
Some ideas:
. laugh at yourself
. laugh at life
. watch funny movies
. have a conversation with an upbeat friend who likes to joke and laugh
. make happiness a goal
. seek happiness (what you seek seeks you)
. show kindness toward others.. this always infuses happiness within us
. spend time with young children
. do art
. go skinny dipping
. walk in nature
. gaze at the stars
The list is endless. Do whatever helps to make you happy and happier. Do the things that bring you JOY!
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.
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
Quote by Booth Tarkington “Cherish all of your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.”
Life is a series of moments. It truly is the moments that will matter at the end of our lives. The moments when we loved others and were loved by others, the moments that bring smiles to our faces, the moments when our mouths are delighting in โฅ JOY โฅ from eating a delicious meal, the moments watching your child sleep, the moments when you read or see something that makes your heart lift… all of those moments matter.
Remember to make the moments matter and count the moments that matter.
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!
