6 ideas for leaders about joy
Leaders might find it helpful to take a look at the fences they come across in their daily life. What kind of fences are they? And do they bring joy to you or others …
Musings on developing a practice
There is no one way to cultivate a practice. I hesitate to dissect, analyze or take too deep a dive into the attributes of a practice because when we tear something apart looking to see what “it” is, we may end up understanding more about the parts and less about the whole.
Slowing down for joy
I wasn’t exactly feeling joyful this morning. Here is some of what I wrote, “Joy is not exactly what I feel in this moment. I feel rushed. Why did I take on this thirty-one day challenge? It isn’t like I don’t have enough to do! How will I fit this in today? There are other work and home projects to attend to!”
Can we find joy in anything? in loss? in fear?
What does it mean to do joy? Can we just make ourselves feel joy? What if we are doing something we don’t like or don’t want to do? Do we dare do joy when we or others are dealing with adversity or feelings of loss or fear? How can we bring joy to the things we don’t want or like to do? Can we feel joy and fear? Joy and loss? Joy and dissatisfaction?
What is joy?
Maybe we don’t need to define joy, may we just need to be on the lookout for it and find it wherever we happen to be? Can it be found waiting in a long line at the grocery store at the end of a difficult day when we’re tired?
