Is your Goal Joy?
Do you have goals?
Yes, I am sure you do; well, seems that most people do.
Success seems to be a goal for most people.
Goals are essential when we want to be successful.
How would you feel if you reach your goal?
Proud, successful, happy – joyful?
So, is it the achievement of financial, career, material, physical or relationship goals
that we aim for, or is it the feelings we get when we achieve what we wanted?
Would we enjoy reaching our goals if we would feel indifferent or maybe even worse?
I don’t know about you, but achieving something that doesn’t give me a good feeling would not ‘do it for me’.
When we aim for something that can give us
a feeling of happiness, fulfillment, freedom, empowerment and ultimately joy,
then the journey towards achieving what we set out for is more worthwhile.
Staying inspired along the way is a lot easier, if we can keep in mind the feeling we are aiming for.
If you want money, the feeling is usually feeling secure,
and when you feel secure, you feel a sense of freedom,
and when you feel a sense of freedom you experience Joy.
If you want a (better) relationship, you want to feel loved, when you feel loved,
you feel appreciated, understood, cared for, accepted and all those feeling add up to joy.
Now – here is the thing*:
(*for the fun of it, I wanted to use “here’s the thing” as Leonard says it on the “Big Bang Theory” )
Just like you can only ‘eat an elephant only one bit at a time’ you are able
to get to the feelings of joy and freedom one better feeling at a time.
As you go through your day, notice your feelings.
If your feelings don’t feel as good as you want them to,
find a thought or something to do that makes you feel a little bit better.
Keep doing that and you are thought by thought,
feeling by feeling moving closer and closer towards joy.
Every slight improvement is worth it.
The good news is that, as you are feeling better,
through the Law of Attraction,
you will have access to more good feeling thoughts, ideas, people etc.
Focusing on the feeling, the why we want it, the joy,
the journey towards achieving our goals is more fun.
Is being aware of our feelings and thoughts worth it?
When it comes to achieving any goal we want it is not only worth it,
it is an essential ingredients and it helps to feel better along the way.
Share this for the Joy of it.
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I tend to think some times that what most people think of as security is actually lack of freedom. We had a conversation about this at a Law of Attraction Class I use to attend. Sometimes a feeling of security is an inability to step of the norm. So it might not equal financial independence. Just a thought.
Thanks for sharing this, I try not to get on the grumpy bus, but some days it seems to waiting for me when I get out of bed.
40 is the new 30. Joy is the new Power. I like it. Without a doubt it’s important to break down your goals to understand exactly what you want. Is it really money? Or is it the freedom that you think money might give. Yet if money gives freedom why do we see many miserable rich people? It’s worth figuring out who you want to be before you get rich so that you can actually be that when you are there.
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Law of attraction is a powerful thing. You have a number of great points you have here. Great Post!
I’m so glad I visited! You are so full of power! It’s great that you put yourself ‘out there’! Yes! It is all about taking it in “one bite at a time”. In the end we’re full of joy!
Thank you!
~Linda
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Yorinda,
Joy is the nectar of life. Without joy we are an empty vessel, aimless and lacking spirit. It is so true that if you are not experiencing joy, it helps to run a clip of a happy time in your mind. That will help to reset your focus. Thanks for the joy of sharing your post:)
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Great blog
It is all about how you think and that creat your world
Yorinda,
Thanks for such a great post on JOY! It truly is the underlying feelings that we are motivated to express, even though most of us get lost on the way to them. I’m reinspired and getting back to writing my “Learn To Feel Good” book just for that purpose.
Thanks for the reminder,
Adam
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Yorinda, What a great post! I like how you say, if your feelings don’t feel as good as you want them to,
find a thought or something to do that makes you feel a little bit better.” I think too many people don’t work to achieve joy or fix negative feelings or emotions. Life is best lived when it is lived with joy and taking time to enjoy all of the little simple pleasures. Thanks for sharing this!
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Yorinda,
I feel a lift of Joy from reading your post. You not only describe how we can bring these joyful emotions into our lives, you express it through your words.
Thank you for giving me a lift today,
Val
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I have always believed in the Law of Attraction.
What and Who are you attracting in your life.
Great post!
I marvel at those who have no Joy. So sad that their view of life is without the delights that joy brings. Great and thoughtful post Yorinda.
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