For today’s post, I picked another card from my deck of Gateway cards by Denise Lynn. The card I turned around says: Soaring in Joy – Childlike wonders fills my life.

This really spoke to me in different ways. Maybe some happenings of the past weeks and the upcoming start of my new job seem to move around in the background of my mind. However, I am not as relaxed and light-hearted as expected and as I wanted to be in these summer days. Also, I know that some friends in our community experience a painful time. So, the card speaks volumes to me. And this is what came to me while letting my fingers dance over the keyboard:

Life can have its ways to test our flexibility in dealing with its tasks. It is not easy to stay centered when we feel overwhelmed. Work can be challenging, new tasks can be frightening, something can shake private life, and things can happen that bring us down to our knees – maybe even a few of those are coming together. It is human nature that we tend to let the circumstances take over when we are in shock. We feel unable to direct our thoughts and feelings. When the circumstances become burdensome for too long or impact our lives with long-lasting or unchangeable developments, the feeling can settle. But circumstances are still circumstances, no matter how sad, annoying, or scary. They will transform, change, or vanish over time. Nothing lasts forever but everything in this world is meant to change. You and I won’t vanish, yet we can change by choice. We must remember that we are allowed to feel happiness even in the darkest moments or hardships. There is no opposition. In fact, we need that break and remember that we are more than our circumstances. We are the life that deals with them – not the other way around. We are allowed to smile, laugh, and be happy at any moment in our lives. The darker the moment the more we should allow ourselves to breathe joy and give us a break from the oppressing feeling that is supposed to pass anyway. Nothing can change what happened, neither when we bury ourselves in pain nor when we smile. But if we let a spark of joy surface, we heal and strengthen us. We do it FOR ourselves and not against someone else. Don’t care what others think about you – it is YOUR life.

In letting that strength and newly found stability radiate from you, you are a pillar for others. It doesn’t mean you suppress something. You only know that life goes on and you see not only what was but also what can be.

But also when you don’t face any difficulties, let joy pull you out of the daily wheel. Let it fill you and what you do and make yourself a spark that inspires others to allow themselves to open that window and breathe joy.

Regardless of where you are, what you do,
or what you are going through right now,
grant yourself some joyful moments.
It doesn’t hurt anyone
but helps you not to lose yourself
and get your life back, piece by piece!

In Love and Light