In your life, are you the type of person who walks around feeling joy and happiness?

If joy is elusive to your life, then you might want to consider another possibility on how you are living.  We are not born to suffer.  It is only something that we choose.

Perhaps that sounds farfetched to some people.  And I am not saying that it appears easy to change one’s perspective about life and joy.  However, I do believe that there is an inherent joy in everything if we take each moment and change our thinking to one of appreciation and gratitude.  The mind is often a tricky thing.  The thoughts that say, “That person hurt me” or “I don’t belong” are suggestive of the point that we are in a place of “they” against “me”.  That is only a mindset.  It is only in bringing our mindfulness to our hearts that we become more heart coherent.  It is in our hearts that we come together in healthy relationship.

Have you ever noticed that when you are “loving” or “in love” that the world looks and feels like a different place?  Does that make you wonder?  Life is funny in that we often fall in love with a person, situation or an object.  That “other” thing seems to help us to open up to a new reality that is expanded beyond the “me”.  Falling in love is often fun, eye opening and can take your breath away.  It feels so good.  Yet, to push the edge a little further,  have you also noticed that the sense of happiness also begins to dissolve at some point in the relationship?  What made you smile and had your heart pound eventually turned sour or even painful?  Love is a door opener, but when that aura drops away,  it closes that door only to give you an opportunity to self-discover that new form of love for yourself.

The reality of life is that love is joy.  However, when we begin to believe that is something other than ourselves, life decides to teach us a deeper truth.  No matter what the circumstances are of the situation, when there is an “up” with infatuation, there will be a “down”.  Nothing can remain on a pedestal forever.  That is the way of duality. But we don’t have to choose “duality” anymore.  It’s up to us to make this world a better place and that begins with self-responsibility to self-love.

When I work with people as clients, my most important intention is to listen well to what is here in the moment, and to be in service to awakening the abiding intelligence inside each person.  I have faith that there is joy and love in each heart, and all that client needs is to remember.  Sometimes when a person is depressed, there can be chemical deficiencies or habitually negative thinking that can be difficult to shift.  If a client has been depressed for a long time and it is deep, it may take a whole team of physician, bodyworker or healer to help turn him/her around.  However, I trust that if a person truly wants to change, it can happen.  If he/she does not,  that can be explored too and the quality of self-discovery hold as much value.

As a Massage Therapist, Healer, and Bodyworker,  I have found that much of our suffering is only a condition that is chosen out of adaptation to our environment.  The good news is that each of us is empowered to change and move more into a state of unconditional love.  I know that there are beings who have been depressed a long time, and they believe nothing will ever help, but that is only the isolation speaking, not the joy that is buried somewhere deep Within.

How is joy self-rediscovered?  When a person doesn’t see a way out in his/her own mind, help is needed.  Usually people who are unhappy or depressed feel isolated and alone.  But the truth is we are not alone unless we want that to be.  So to find joy:

1.  Find a healing team to work with you.  (Physician, Psychotherapist, Healer, Minister, Bodyworker etc…) You need to remember that you are not alone.   A good team will help you to rediscover your own value.

2.  Make a commitment to yourself to see life as a fresh experience every moment.  Before looking outward, bring mindfulness to your heart center.  Live there and experience life.

3.  When pain arises Within or you feel imbalanced or hurt, continue to stay focused on “Choosing love first” and put your hands on your heart.  Linda Tellington-Jones recently said to do a circle and one quarter to initiate more movement there and I believe that helps.  Allow the skin to move in a clockwise fashion.

4.  Move more into Nature.  When we are indoors, we tend to fall more into manmade living and limited thinking.  We forget the wonders of life that are being revealed every second.  Walk, sing, dance amongst the trees.  This may sound a little out of the box for some,  but there is something freeing about reconnecting with the beauty and intelligence that nature give us.

5.  Bring more awareness not only to your thinking, but to the mind body & spirit connection.  Often our thinking sets us apart.  However, when we center on our whole body experience, new truths and awareness may arise that will change thinking.  Cellular memory speak to us to help us to heal.

It is in unity that there is no conflict.  When there is no conflict, we are in harmony and life flows easier.  The Sacred Heart is the place where the physical and spiritual meet and the flame of love burns brightly in each of us.  If you do not feel that, perhaps it is time to unload the baggage of your mind and choose another course.  Be patient with yourself as we each have our own unique blueprint of life.  That is the gift of our differentiation.

Know that We each are empowered.  When we stop blaming and realize that, we contribute to the awakening of ourselves and all things on this planet.  It that is true joy.

Warmly,

Sharon Hartnett LMT

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