Where’s my focus?

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I've been fortunate enough to get to spend the last week with my son, Tre, and his family…wife Shelly, 4 year old Serenity, and 2 year old Connor.  Being around the little ones, especially, has been such a treat, reminding me of the joy and enthusiasm I want to continue to maintain.  They are bundles of energy - and such a kick to watch and be with.  At times, though, their energy exhausts me and I start to feel OLD.  But I do know enough about tools for living a joyous life to know that focusing on what doesn't feel great isn't going to do me a whole bunch of good.  Much better to focus on the joy of hanging out with perfect models of unabashed joie d' vivre!  Besides, I really do feel fabulous and am sharing that in a Remember  Your Sparkle teleclass at the end of October http://www.joyouslifeworks.com/courses_teleclasses.htm.

In some way, Divine Inspiration, added to my sense of the rightness of "staying young" in a teleconference I was privileged to be a part of with Jeanna Gabellini and Eva Gregory (www.abundanceabounds.com ) about focusing on what you want and in a post by my dear friend, Adam Kayce (monkatwork.com ) about Joy.  Sure, feeling old is going to happen when you're 50-plus hanging out with a two-year-old, but why dwell on THAT, when I can be inspired by this little gift from God and focus on how big my heart feels when I'm with him?

Are there areas of your life you know you want to be changing the focus on?  What's your "focus dial" dialed to?  Something you want or something you don't?   


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  1. Adam Kayce : Monk At Work on October 12, 2007 8:31 am

    Isn’t it interesting how we experience and equate joy with childhood?

    What’s happening to us as we grow older? Or, what’s with our paradigms about adulthood?

    (Glad to hear you had some great grandkid time!)

  2. shawn on October 18, 2007 9:05 pm

    Thanks, Adam! It seems that kids are just so naturally joyous, that it’s easy to equate the two! Do we get jaded or wounded? Do we just get told too often that we need to “grow up” or quit kidding around?

    I’m finding it really interesting, particularly with a number of very serious people I know that when they do “lighten up” and begin to re-experience joy (having been prompted to, of course), that they smile and truly “light up” - what an incredible difference!

    Is life too short to “grow up” and get (deadly) serious? Maybe so…

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