What Brings You Joy?
One of the ways to connect with Source Energy and follow our bliss in life is to be grateful for everything we have in our lives.
Another is appreciation. Here is my appreciation, or joy list:
love, unconditional love
romance
brash joyful optimism
people thinkers
sweet and considerate people
a pretty face
playing like children
playing with children
my son (who is brilliant, clever, joyful, and fun to be with)
being silly
witty and clever banter
good natured playful teasing
significantly emotional conversations
erotic….. ehhheemm …..ummmm/never mind.
chocolate
little doggies
kittens (snuggles nose into fur)
nature
lush fields of weeds and colored foliage
flowers
warm sunlight
putting the convertible top down
billowing white clouds against a blue sky
pink clouds against a pinkish sky
orange sunsets
sunrise
birds singing
Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, or Louis Armstrong Singing
singing in the shower
singing in the rain
misty days
misty nights
fresh smells of nature after a rainfall
driving with the top down in the mist
looking at the stars on warm summer nights
cool summer nights
that cool breeze coming in the bedroom window
the smell of newly mowed grass
forests
babbling brooks
forest clearings
the ocean … ahhh…. the evolutionary sensuality of eternity
beaches … nature’s majesty
eating outdoors
the peppered crabs at Obricki’s in Baltimore
drinking outdoors
getting drunk outdoors …. hee hee
eros
music
high energy rock like Billy Idol and Jimmy Somerville
That hot rock ending riff in “Can You Hear Me Knockin’”
dancing
more music
more dancing
more puppies… yaaayyyyy…
bunny rabbits
chipmunks …. aren’t they adorable?
children playing
playing with blocks, and building stuff … I still like that
art
photography
movies with depth (you have to look hard, but there are a few)
“Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf” with Liz Taylor
“The Anniversary Party” with Jennifer Jason Leigh
any movie with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant
good books
lobster tails and Pino Grigio white wine
strawberries and Brute Champagne
more chocolate
home made carrot cake
pumpkin pie
Thanksgiving
the Grand Canyon
Big Sur
The Monterrey Aquarium
that big warm salt water pool at low tide in San Diego
mountain tops
caves
Boating on the lake
plants growing out of the water
the bayou
Creedence Clearwater Revival music
Fleetwood Mac music
Billy Idol’s extended version of “Don’t Need A Gun”
“The Platters” romantic music
The Carpenters
song lyrics
88 lines about 44 women
poetry
Woody Allen movies
George Carlin
Socrates
more good books
Shakespeare
Jean Anouilh’s version of Sophocles’ “Antigone”
Logic & Reason vs Passionate Idealism.
my mom when she’s happy
My daughter, the artist
Her artistically decorated home
people who throw me father’s day parties
Nostalgia music
Diana Krall
Ella Fitzgerald’s uncut rarely used lyrics version
of Rogers & Hart’s “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”
Linda Ronstadt’s uncut rarely used lyrics version of
Rogers & Hart’s “My Funny Valentine”
more chocolate
breezing through my work
making my customers happy
making it a pleasure for anyone to do business with us
creating a “feel good image” of our company
creating our web site
talking with the brilliant Dr Shumov about our spiritual side
charming the bosses
keeping the production manager happy
Beatles music
Karen Carpenter’s voice
slow dancing in the moonlight
“What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong
other habitable planets in our universe
the fact that we know so little
the fact that there is so much more to know
Angels, Fairies, and Spirit Guides…
asking questions
learning from Source Energy beings
Revelations
Synchronicity
Discussions in community forums
intelligent and fruitful disagreements
the parables of Jesus
the power and potential of spiritual laws
My Hot Rocks compilation cds and music that can
to bring me to to joyful ecstasy.
My powerful household Hi Fi System
with powerful bass that will vibrate your bones.
warm showers
washing her back
washing her hair
massaging her scalp ……
Sensual rhythms
Swing Music
Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing”
Peggy Lee singing “Why Don’t You do right”
Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday
Single Malt Scotch
Bailey’s Irish Cream
more chocolate
good comedies
good people … any color, creed. religion, or sexual preference
funny people, like Robin Williams
naturally friendly and cheerful people
someone doing something nice for a total stranger
gratitude for the gift of life
gratitude for freedom
gratitude for free will
gratitude for the abundance of life
appreciation of nature and this earth we’ve been given
this incredible gift of life.
the joy of knowing I have a Higher Self
the joy of knowing higher self is part of the energy that creates worlds
the joy of knowing that makes my personal potential unlimited.
the excitement of what is coming
the excitement of what is possible
the excitement of what I can do
more chocolate
the joy of repeating myself
raindrops on roses
whiskers on kittens
merry-go-rounds,
and capturing rings..
..these are a few of my favorite things ……
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Making a joy list can be very uplifting.
Make you own and read for a serotonin rush.
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