Present

Friday, 30 April 2021

Present

Being Present is the key to Joy for me and needs to be a topic on its own too.

Today I chose to be totally Present with my son. To just be with him in the moment, not getting distracted by my phone, by phone calls or text messages or Facebook - just being totally with my boy. And in doing this we both have the best day. My morning was filled with Joy. Seeing his Joy. Pushing him on the swing, helping him on the monkey bars, playing chasings, watching him come down the slippery dip, particularly the tunnel slippery dip, waiting, the anticipation and excitement as I see my little one get to the bottom with his happy face. I look at my son and love looking at his face, listening to him, being totally Present.

And with my daughter connecting with her, being totally Present with her is also so important to me.

As is time with my hubby, being Present with him is important, yet this can be challenging sometimes too. Yet being Present for each other needs to be a goal.

Being Present with my parents, listening to them, talking with them, sitting with them, is more important to me now more than ever. Being with my parents brings me so much Joy.

When I am with our puppy, I love just sitting with her and being Present and just enjoying patting her and connecting with our little one.

I love when I am in the moment and I am able to be inspired and led what to do next and love being Present rather than thinking about things or worrying about things. I love just enjoying and finding Joy in the present. This is a daily goal for me. Each moment to be in the moment, to be Present, right here, right now, the greatest gift can be found in the Present.

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I Choose Joy

Today is Mother’s Day 2020 - I love being a Mum and I love celebrating special occasions with my beautiful family - I am blessed.

As a Mum there is so much to do and so much to get done. As a Mum I am on a Mission to be the best Mum I can be - this is what is most important to me. I do love the word Mission, defined as “an important goal or purpose that is accompanied by strong conviction”.

Today I am setting a simple Mission for the year ahead - to be Joyful or Joy Filled.

I love the word Joyful, defined as “experiencing, causing or showing Joy”. I also love the idea of Joy Filled - where the word Fill means “to make, to become full, to use empty space”, and Joy means “delight, pleasure, happiness” and to be filled with Joy means “to be extremely happy, content, to be delighted”.

I love when you feel Joy - it is felt in the heart - it lights you up and warms your heart and creates an imprint in our memory.

I will be actively choosing and pursuing Joy, and deliberating creating Joy to colour our days and nights.

I am making a commitment to write 100 posts over the next one year, two per week, as an opportunity to record my thoughts, insights, discoveries. This is my journey and I write these posts to be the best Mum I can be - it is not intended to give advice - it is my brave process and adventure, and this Blog is about keeping me accountable too.

I am actively going to pursue Joy Starters and be conscious of, and proactive with, the Joy Robbers. And I want to teach my children the importance of Joy too. I really want my children to be happy and Joyful, where each night as we go to sleep we are at peace.

I am hoping that when I reach Mother’s Day 2021, I will look back on the year and really feel that it was Joyful, and that in this process I learn new tips and tricks for my life.