Listening

Friday, 7 May 2021

Listening

Listening, truly Listening, full attention given when Listening, brings me Joy.

Listening defined as “Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. Listening is key to all effective communication. Without the ability to listen effectively, messages are easily misunderstood. ... If there is one communication skill you should aim to master, then listening is it.”

I love when my children talk to me. I love when I stop and love Listening to them. This brings me Joy. Hearing their stories. I love seeing their eyes and faces light up.

Usually I am so busy racing and racing and racing yet stopping and Listening is the key to having a positive relationship with my little ones and all of us being in a place of Joy.

Listening to my Mum and Dad’s stories is also very Joyful for me.

Plus Listening to my husband and us Listening to each other also brings Joy.

Sharing my story and stories and having people that I trust Listening to me also means a lot to me. It is hard for me to be vulnerable as I am private, and I am not sure if I would say it brings me Joy yet there is a feeling of Joy when I have someone that I trust enough to share my realness and the chapters of my life.

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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.