Create a Joy Journal

Create a Joy Journal
Submitted by ExtendingMiracles
I am going to propose to you to begin a life transforming practice of keeping a weekly joy journal. Ask yourself, "What did I do or experience this week that brought joy into my life?" Since we all have essentially come from a place of pure joy and love, which is God, when we are not aligned with this (or aligned with God) then we are not aligned with who we really are. We are just like what we have come from, which is Love and joy and it is our divine birthright to experience this now. One way that you can begin to see the world as a joyful place filled with light, instead of seeing it as a fearful place full of sadness, is through the practice of acknowledging the joy that is in your life now and allowing yourself to open up to even more joy!So, what was joyful for you this week? What was joyful for you today?I would suggest that everyday you make a list of five things that you are grateful for (gratitude makes way to experience and acknowledge the joy that is in your life), and then make a list of five things that have brought more joy to you on that day. Then, at the end of the week go through your list and re-write what you were grateful to have experienced that week and include even more things that brought you joy. To really bring more joy into your life, allow yourself to really feel the joy as you are writing down what brought you joy. And in any moment that you feel joyful allow yourself to really breathe it in. This breathing it in is acknowledging yourself as the Joyful Being that you really are. This joyfulness is a reminder of your essence as Love and nothing else. As you are writing what you are joyful to have experienced or about specific people or things that brought you joy, know that those things, people and situations are not necessarily the source of your Joy but they are channels in which Joy flowed to you. Acknowledge also that you too are a channel through which True Joy flows. You as a body or personality (which is how we often see ourselves) cannot bring joy to others, just as "other bodies or personalities" cannot really bring you joy either. But you as Eternal Endless Joy and Love, the pure spirit of Being that you are, can and does bring joy to all, always. And this is the essence of everyone and everything, which is the true source of all Joy.On the top of the paper write "The things that brought me Joy this week were . . ." and then begin to list those things. It can include things, people, situations, events, thoughts, feelings and more. For instance you can write something like this:The things, people, situations and events that brought me more Joy this week were . . .Spending some quiet time with God in Meditation and PrayerRecieving Holy Spirits healing perception - A Joy that is beyond words!Doing my daily meditations and FlowdreamingReading,my A Course in Miracles Lessons every morningWaking up and seeing my beautiful child every morningTalking and playing with my daughter everydaySeeing an Angel Wing and sparkles of lightTaking a long walk in NaturePlaying with my kitties Pouchy and DutchessEating healthy foods most of the week and feeling great Eating just one small yummy bowl of chocolate chip Ice Cream with hot fudge and caramel on topDrinking my Blessed Healing Water and feeling perfectly healthy lately!Working for some really great peopleWriting and Reading some great articlesReceiving more money into my lifeReceiving some great reviews about my online magazine, articles and websitesGoing on the Internet - MySpace, Newsletters, cool websites and My online Magazine and BlogsTalking to my best friend and having a great spiritual conversationsHanging out with my family and friendsWatching the new Jane Austin movie on PBSWatching and recording "Pride and Prejudice"Reading a new book I received in the mail "The Angels follow the Storm" by Karen NoeAnd more. . .Now that you get a general idea, begin your list. This is truly a life transforming practice because it helps you to acknowledge the joy that is already in your life, and you will then also begin to attract even more joy and joyful experiences to you. Soon you will be radiating and experiencing joy everyday, and remember that this joy is who you really are!http://attractamazingprosperity.blogspot.com/
About the Author
Adrienne Dumas is the editor of the FREE online magazine \"The Faeries and Angels Magazine\". Visit her sites to read more great articles at www.freewebs.com/faeriesandangelsmagazine/index.htm and also visit http://extendingmiracles