We’ve got some renewal going on at home. My office, my son’s room, our guest room are all getting fresh coats of paint. Besides how good it all looks, what an energetic difference it makes. Out with the old, in with the new!!
I wonder if you’re doing that with yourself. You know, letting go of the old residue around an uncomfortable issue and inviting in something fresh, clean and new.
Change is always happening and we can get numb to it if we’re not aware, resulting in not keeping up with that change. That’s what happens when you wake up one day and realize how dingy the paint on your walls has become. And you don’t even get HOW dingy until you start applying the new paint! Then it’s so obvious that freshening up is overdue.
So I’m inviting you to ask where in your life freshness is being called for. In what area, around what issue would a fresh perspective help you to realize how ‘over it’ you are with the old way of viewing and trying to deal with the issue.
Along with the painting, I’m doing “fresh” around food. I’m letting go of diet, calories, macro and micro nutrients, food combining, raw vs cooked, etc….all of those things I’ve been learning and playing with along the way…and going for JOY. Yep. When I think I want to eat something, I ask myself what would be the MOST enjoyable thing I could eat right then. What would align me the best with JOY. And my body always answers the question.
The other night I realized that the small lettuce, celery, carrot salad I had made was THE most delicious thing I’d eaten all day. It was what I enjoyed the most. And that surprised me and got me to think about the need for this shift in my approach to food. It helped me to see that my old way was, in fact, dingy, old and in need of change.
I recently made the same kind of shift in my business and the energy is flowing strong there now!! My husband and I were talking about how far afield from joy we can get when we decide that ‘hard work’ and “pushing though” is the way to reach a goal, when really, aligning with JOY puts us on the path of ease and then it all unfolds beautifully.
What’s your “fresh” going to be?
Blessings,
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
