Have you ever felt utter contentment one moment, delighting in the joy that fills you, only to be filled with dread in the very next moment? It’s as though our busy, analytical perfectionistic brains are unable to relax into the full joyousness of a moment without thoughts intruding: “of course, this is too good to be true” or “this cannot be replicated.” But we can resist this inclination to, as Brene Brown says, forebode joy.
How have you been able to relax in the vulnerability required to catch and hold on to the elusiveness of joy?
Only by the grace of God am I able to regularly relax to catch the elusiveness of joy! Being a black woman in America with a teenage daughter (16) and a son (soon to be 19) my joy is often hijacked by the realities of this country. From childhood traumas, to trauma as an adult including fighting Cancer. Whew, grateful for the joy that comes in having another morning and day to hopefully be better than the last.