Today’s card is one another of my Zentangles. I’ve done three in a row. I’ll tell you a secret. I’ve been out of town the past two days and had to be at work today at 7am. I’ve been at a family gathering to say good bye to a loved one.
I know yesterday’s post was a bit of a downer. That happens sometimes. So today, I wanted to remind you, my darlings, of why my life is so spectacular even though I’ve just been at a funeral.
It’s because of you. Each of you who read this. Each of you who tell me that something made them think of me saying, “Seek Joy, Y’all.” Each of you are held in my heart like bright, shiny lights.
I seek joy because I must. I seek joy because to seek is a verb that demands action. It demands a partnership. It requires participation.
And joy is such an easy thing to find when you realize the secret to the whole thing.
Pay attention, y’all. I’m fixin’ to tell you the secret to life.
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Okay, no, that’s not it. Well it is it, but not this it.
The secret to finding joy is that joy piles up. Little tiny specks of happy roll up into drops of bliss that merge into whole tsunamis of joy. Joy will overwhelm you if you let it.
Stop getting in your own way, my darling dears. Stop refusing to allow joy to pile up. Stop denying those miniscule moments of merriment.
Acknowledge them. Nod your head at them. Wave to them. Write them down.
Seek joy, y’all. And keep on seeking it. Don’t ever stop. This is an avalanche we are creating here.
Zentangle, Arwen Lynch, 2013
Seek Joy, Y’all. Pass it on!
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I can just see the joy pouring down that snaking slope 🙂 That is how I want to live my life: choosing to see the joyful moments, to allow them to fill me, to go in search of them every day. Thanks, Arwen!
Chloe, I do adore how you write, woman!
Well, when the inspiration’s right… 🙂