Chasing Joy

I saw a quote recently that said something along the lines of “You can have all the money, fame, and things in the world that you’ve ever wanted, but if there is no joy, you have nothing”.

I’ve been thinking about that quote a lot today.

This morning I made blueberry muffins for Steve (his favorite). It was a new recipe so when I took them out of the oven and they looked beautiful, I grabbed my phone to snap a picture. Sometimes, I think Why do I take these pictures of these silly things? But then, I remember that I can find joy wherever the heck I want to. It doesn’t matter if someone else finds joy in it, only that I do. So, blueberry muffins that look beautiful and taste just as good? Joy.

I went through my yoga flow that I’ll be teaching on Saturday and you know what I felt afterwards? Joy.

Normally, we have coffee from a local shop/roastery and we ran out over the weekend. I love this place so I got ready, grabbed my things, and cycled into town for coffee and a grocery run. Joy.

As soon as I got home, wanna guess what I did? I made myself a delicious iced coffee with our freshly roasted and ground beans and could’ve cried at how beautiful it was as I poured the milk into the glass. JOY.

It’s silly. I know it. I have no doubt that some of the things that make my heart flutter are so simple and mundane and may mean absolutely nothing to someone else. But I don’t care. It’s my life, and my joy, and dammit I love seeing the bright side of life.

I know it’s a spiel you’ve probably heard over and over: find joy, see beauty in the world, etc. But it’s true. If you don’t let joy overcome your senses at least once a day, what are you even doing? It’s magical. It’s beautiful. It makes everything wrong that’s happening in the world feel just a tiny bit lighter. And for me? It’s necessary; for my mental health, for my inner voice, for my happiness, for my soul.

It’s work some days, to find the joy, but I can always just look outside and see a bird flying and be filled with wonder, or look up to see the leaves of trees blowing in the wind and know that everything that feels so big is really going to turn out just fine because the world is beautiful and life is worth living and nothing’s so bad after all.

Today is a day for joy, so is tomorrow, and the day after that. And the biggest secret to finding joy at all is knowing that you deserve it. You deserve to see light in a dark day. You deserve to marvel at the beauty of the life you have.

Cheers and love,

Skye