Joy is my Purpose
I've spent SO many years, especially after I became a mom, wondering what my purpose is and what ignites me with joy beyond being a mom.
Everything I've read about "what your purpose is" or "how to figure out what your purpose is" is that it's something you've gone through, solved and then could help others solve, as well.
The more I wanted to figure out what my purpose is, the more I became obsessed with anything self-help related.
But, the last few years, I'd start to see people who are truly in their joy. Especially when it came to their career.
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be that person who said, "I LOVE MY JOB!"
And when I was teaching, I was far from it.
Almost every day, I came home crying. So ever since I've left the teaching profession and became a mom, I've spent many, many years wondering what career is out there for me that has me saying, "I LOVE MY JOB!" once I wasn't a stay-at-home-mom anymore.
I've always wished I was like Steve Irwin and, now his son, who absolutely LOVE/LOVED their jobs!
Have you ever seen them talk about it?
OH MY GOSH!
I get filled with JOY just watching them talk about it and, his son...oh gosh, he IS in HIS JOY, just like his dad.
The way their faces light up!! They way they are speaking! It's SO, SO AWESOME and SO full of JOY!
And, what about the teacher, Joe Dombrowski, who appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show because he posted a video himself giving his students an April Fools spelling test on YouTube.
OH MY GOSH! SO FUNNY! He had me laughing the second the video started!
Every time I watch him with his students, I can FEEL his LOVE and JOY for teaching...something I never had, but wish I did.
And what a GREAT teacher he is...because of his FULL-ON JOY for it!!
Because I've felt SO lost, self-help material just seemed like the right way to go to help me find my way.
But, gosh, it wasn't really helping!!
When I'd read or hear someone say, "What brings you JOY?" I was never really sure and I always questioning everything that I thought brought me joy.
When I was taking Liv Lane's, Infinite Purpose email course, a few years back, JOY was one of the weekly topics.
And, gosh, I remember how I was left wondering, instead of how can I help people solve their problems too, instead, what brings ME full-on-JOY!? And...what brought me FULL-on-JOY as a kid??
My mind just couldn't go there.
I knew some things, like photography, being a mom, painting and doodling, but I wasn't sure if that was my highest, of all high joys.
It wasn't until this past year, after working with Liv, spirit and the angels, one-on-one, that I finally connected my JOY dots!!
Not only did I finally connect with what the FEELing of what brings me the highest JOY feelings I could FEEL (through dancing to techno music!! something I've loved since I was a kid!!), but I FINALLY connected with, that THIS JOY feeling, is my only purpose in life.
My purpose in life doesn't need to be figured out.
My purpose in life isn't trying to solve anyone else's problems.
And, most of all, my purpose in life isn't trying to figure out how I can help people in a way that helped me.
Yes...I still help others, but right now, what I finally know, is that what matters most, is that I find my JOY and stay in it!!
Because when I'm radiating MY joy...everyone around me will FEEL it, too and they'll be inspired to get in their JOY, too!
And that's the ultimate way to helping others solve their problems!
By being in MY joy!!
When I watch Steve Irwin and his son, BEing in their FULL-ON JOY, I'm immediately UPlifted, inspired and FEELing JOYFUL!!
When I watch Joe Dombrowski, BEing in his FULL-ON JOY, while teaching his students, I'm immediately UPlifted, inspired and FEELing JOYFUL!
And when I watch anyone else, especially my kiddos and other kiddos, in their FULL-ON JOY, I'm immediately UPLIFTED, inspired and FEELing JOYFUL!!
It doesn't take much for kids to BE in their JOY! JOY is their purpose and they know it and they have NO problem staying in it. And when they can't BE in it, they throw a fit and they let you and everyone else know that THEY WANT TO STAY IN THEIR JOY!!!
So now, instead of trying to find my purpose and trying to figure out what I'm meant to do to help others, I now know, with all my heart, that the only thing that I need to do is BE in my JOY!
Because when I'm in MY JOY, I'm helping SO many others FEEL JOY and I'm inspiring them to go and find and FEEL their JOY!
My JOY is who I AM!!
MY JOY is what I'm here to do!
MY JOY IS MY PURPOSE!!
I don't feel stuck anymore.
I'm not worrying SO much as to what my career is going to be beyond being a mom anymore.
I FINALLY know EXACTLY who I am and what I'm here to share!
Which, honestly, is everything I've been sharing here on my blog, a message that has ALWAYS been inside of me for years, but, I'm just now knowing this is it, this is my path, instead of constantly questioning it and questioning if it's my JOY or not, when deep down, I always have known it was!
It's taken me 40 years to FINALLY trust myself in this way.
Because, now I know, more than ever, that MY INNER JOY leads me on my path...nothing else!!
Oh!
Wanna know how I can tell if I'm in MY JOY?
I'm smiling BIG, my body is HAPPILY tingling from head to toe AND all I keep saying to myself, "I LOOOOOVE THIS!!"
I mean, who knew it was really that easy!?
Not me!
Oh gosh, adult life responsibilities!
I blame you for getting in the way and clouding my inner JOY perception. Ha!
Until next time...here's to JOY! Cheers!
Why do I doodle uplifting words? Because it easily calms my mind and soothes my soul so I can FEEL everything that FILLS ME UP with FULL-ON JOY (something that's hard to do when my mind is running five miles ahead or behind the present moment).