Yesterday's email had a subject line that read, "Abundance in Tight Times." I felt such elation as I wrote it in the midst of all the economic doom and gloom.
It doesn't take more than a few minutes of listening to the commentary to conclude that this is "what is," reality, the truth of the matter. And every day I hear from another client who's spending has been frozen, whose organization can no longer afford to do more than the basics.
Yet, as I walk through the day, I am awed by the beauty and abundance that surrounds me everywhere I go: people caring for each other, generosity - of spirit and of money, kind gestures, hope…
Could it be that we have begun to learn that events do not determine our feelings, but rather our response to those events? Could it be that more and more people are choosing joy? Could it be that so many people are living with intention that you can actually feel it on the street.
Maybe I'm making it up. Maybe not. But I'm going to keep paying attention to the joy. I think it's better for me… and you… and our kids… and this remarkable world we live in.
To joy.
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Ode to Joy! And on those impossibly trying days my mantra is:
Fake it ‘til you make it.