Holy cow your words are a gift. No need to attempt to find the joy in them when they smack you in the face like this. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Looking forward to the meditation tomorrow morning 🙏
I'm finding the "find the enjoyment" thing very useful. I tried it this week after you brought it up during the Do Nothing project. Whenever I found myself ruminating about something painful that had happened, I tried to find the "enjoyment." For me that involved finding the absurdity or the hilarity in it, maybe changing to story a little to make it funnier. Like in improv: what if this had happened? Maybe this is the main driver of story-telling generally: take something painful and find a way to make it funny or beautiful. Anyway I found myself laughing more and able to stop ruminating about bad things that have happened or are happening. It's all grist for the story mill, or the stand-up mill.
To be joyfully present in simple ways no matter what we are doing (or not doing). The pleasure may arrive with a yelp of joy, or with the gentlest of smiles, or with the sigh and relief of a slow exhale. A smile may arrive along with a tug of the heart after reading an exquisitely crafted sentence, or when feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin, or even after folding a stack of freshly washed towels…..
Looking forward to listening to the meditation tomorrow morning. 🙏
Holy cow your words are a gift. No need to attempt to find the joy in them when they smack you in the face like this. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Looking forward to the meditation tomorrow morning 🙏
Grateful to see this right now. I’ve just been so antsy and agitated today for some reason. This helped. ❤️
I'm finding the "find the enjoyment" thing very useful. I tried it this week after you brought it up during the Do Nothing project. Whenever I found myself ruminating about something painful that had happened, I tried to find the "enjoyment." For me that involved finding the absurdity or the hilarity in it, maybe changing to story a little to make it funnier. Like in improv: what if this had happened? Maybe this is the main driver of story-telling generally: take something painful and find a way to make it funny or beautiful. Anyway I found myself laughing more and able to stop ruminating about bad things that have happened or are happening. It's all grist for the story mill, or the stand-up mill.
So many welcome ideas in this, Jeff!
To be joyfully present in simple ways no matter what we are doing (or not doing). The pleasure may arrive with a yelp of joy, or with the gentlest of smiles, or with the sigh and relief of a slow exhale. A smile may arrive along with a tug of the heart after reading an exquisitely crafted sentence, or when feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin, or even after folding a stack of freshly washed towels…..
Looking forward to listening to the meditation tomorrow morning. 🙏