Rejoice re·joice
/rəˈjois/
verb
- feel or show great joy or delight:”he rejoiced in her spontaneity and directness”
RE-joice
I really need some work on this one! Recently it seems to me that I haven’t felt truly joyous in quite a while. I’ve had to ask myself why? I have a wonderful, loving husband, two great girls who are smart, talented and kind, some REALLY amazing friends. I have my health, a nice roof over my head, faith, a job. What more could a person ask for? How did I let my joy get buried? For me I think it came from focusing on the wrong things and worrying about situations that are totally out of my control.
My task to myself this week is to try to shift that thought process….instead of worrying about getting the job done, enjoying the process of getting it done. Focus on how lucky I am to work with some terrific talented people. Instead of being frantic about getting from point A (school pickup) to point B (Gymnastics), enjoy the trip. Sing and talk with my daughter in the car, talk about how our day has been so far.
I need to focus on doing the best I can do, while finding even just a moment, in every task to be joyful for. I also have to work on not worrying so much about tomorrow, focus in the now and not let another’s opinion or process break me. There are always things we can’t control or foresee. I think we look around sometimes and get glimpses of other people’s lives and wonder how are they so happy all of the time? Why are they so lucky? Wouldn’t it be nice to not have to worry about anything like them? But, that is all superficial. If we were able to look beneath any of these situations we’d find we all have our challenges! It’s easy to rejoice when things are fabulous. I want to work on being able to rejoice in the everyday moments. Do you need to find reasons to rejoice again? If so, let’s do this together.
This is such a fun wall I found while on a walk in Melbourne. Now that’s something to make me joyous!