Shifting to joy NOW

What are you feeling/thinking RIGHT NOW? Did you know “NOW” is where your power is? You can empower yourself now to better, happier, and joyful life experience. It is important you are present and aware of your thoughts and feelings now.
Your thoughts and feelings are creating your future. Are you thinking about yesterday’s troubles or tomorrow’s worries? So many of us get in the habit of focusing everywhere but now. We learn it though our culture, society, famiily, and every day medias. When you spend a lot of time worrying and thinking about what happened in the past, you can be feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, and powerless. Sometimes frightened and fearful of “what if’s” and struggle letting go of past hurts.
Good news… This is not an uncommon struggle in our society. It is fast paced and we have many distractions more than ever before with our technology and variety of choices everyday. With all that at hand, You have the power to be at ease and feel good now regardless of what circumstances you have in your life. It is a shift in focus to change your stress to happiness. This is where your power lies in the now. It is a process that can change your life. When asked most people what they want in life, a large answer is to be happy. To do that, you can learn to focus your energy and awareness on the positive things going on now. It doesn’t matter how small or big you start. I find small and simple steps easier, but there are no rules for what works well for you. You have to trust your instinct as you play with your thinking.
This process is a one of many ways that I will blog about to help you empower yourself to a happier more joyful life experience. We are attempting a habit to start each morning that will help you shift to focusing on the positive aspects that you’d like more of. This can take some time when you’ve not practiced this way of thinking, but it can be an easy simple shift. And you can feel better now. You just have to hold the thoughts and focus on things until you feel better NOW.
Start simple…… I like examples, So When you wake up in the morning before your mind wanders on your to do lists and yesterdays issues. You can do this process before you fully open your eyes or feet hit the floor. Think about what you have to be grateful for. What is positive right now. When you woke up, Did you have the pleasure of sleeping in a bed? Did you wake up breathing on your own? Do you have a roof over your head? Electricity? Do you have a job to go to? Family? Pets? Food? I think we make our situations so big we forget how much we have. When you slow it down to simple things your list becomes long before you get out of bed. For me I am thankful every morning for my coffee pot fixing me coffee. The fact my husband brings it to me. I appreciate my lovely cup. It can take me an hour to drink it b/c I savor every sip. This quiet time in the morning with my coffee gives me time to be present. To focus on what Im grateful for and set my intentions for the day. This little “every day” moment that may seem mundane for many is one of the greatest powers I have for the life I want to live. It creates that space for me. What can you do that will shift your focus?
Try a few things, play a little with this. You can journel, sing it, meditate on it, or anything that brings you peace and joy when you do them. As you practice this every day you will get better and notice a shift in ease, perspective and happiness. Some research suggests it takes 30 days to creat a new habit with results. I don’t want you to get hung up on logistics because the important thing is to do what you can to work for your life. I only offer suggestions and examples for more clarity. My blogs are geared to offer tools and processes to help you adjust to a more happy and joyful life. What is it that you are looking for? I believe and an intuitive knowing that we can be happy and live/experience our dreams. That is what so many philosophers and teachers before us spoke of.
My wish for you is your joy adjustment.