Some time ago, I had a surprising experience that changed my perspective on the power of our thoughts.
A common understanding is if you don’t like what you’re experiencing in life then change the way you’re thinking.
An unexpected experience expanded my understanding of this truth.
The Unexpected
While performing the simple, mundane chore of vacuuming I was surprised by a sudden burst of joy!
I was so caught off guard that I actually stopped what I was doing to figure out why.
Certainly my actions in the moment, vacuuming the floor, could not be the cause.
I thought back to what I was thinking previous to the sudden burst of emotion.
What Were My Thoughts
-I teach Sunday school in my church and had been pondering the Old Testament and what I was preparing for the coming Sunday’s lesson.
-I had been thinking how I loved the people in the Old Testament and all I was learning from their experiences.
-I had been thinking how grateful I was for the opportunity to study and learn from them.
It dawned on me that my thoughts of appreciation had led to feelings of gratitude .
Those feelings of gratitude then led to the beautiful feelings of joy.
I now had the key to learning how to consciously produce more positive feelings in my life!
The Key
In the energy world we would say that being grateful raised my energetic vibration.
Which then made it possible for me to connect into the vibration of joy.
This is similar to the analogy of tuning into a radio station.
The music does not start playing only when you turn to that station.
It is already there.
Radio waves are all around you.
You are tuning into the frequency of the station you want to listen to.
So It Is With Our Emotions
The frequency of all emotions are around us, or in other words, available to us at all times.
You get to choose and tune into the vibration of the emotions you want to experience.
You are not actually creating the joyful feelings.
Rather, you are tuning into that vibration of joy.
Where Does That Feeling of Joy Come From
That feeling of joy is a gift from God that you put yourself into a position to receive.
The natural question that follows is, what do I do to put myself in the position to receive this gift?
Instead of answering, I’d like to invite you to ponder that question for yourself.
Perhaps even share below what you come to realize.
Invitation
I invite you to:
-Become consciously aware of what you’re feeling, especially in moments of happiness.
-Trace your thoughts back to what had preceded those emotions.
-Develop the intentional use of thoughts of gratitude in preparation for receiving the gift of joy!
In following these three simple steps you are preparing yourself to receive and experience greater emotions of peace, contentment, happiness, and joy.
Sending you much love in your discovery,
Love,
