Heart4kidsadvocacyforum's Blog

There is joy all around us, we just have to set an intention to look for it and embrace it.

We have the inner power to attract the wholeness and peace that resides in joy.

There is a difference between looking for others to make us happy and finding the joy that people bring into our lives.  We are responsible for finding the peace and joy that was part of our divine design from infancy.  We giggled! We blew bubbles with our saliva! We could find absolute joy in the simplest things- the sound of a familiar voice, the smile of a tender heart, the gentle touch of a caring parent or family member, playing on our own amusing ourselves in our environment or just gazing at things that captivated our attention and set our curiosity and senses into action. Without a doubt there were times we needed engagement to be happy, but there were also those times that being with ourselves was enough.  Was it that we innately loved ourselves and were capable of making ourselves happy and content?  This is a gift in our design that we need to hold fast to. 

The very idea that we are enough is in it’s self an amazing attribute to face the world with.  If we can hold on to the “who” we were when we knew how to be in a state of peace, joy and contentment, we would truly live lives that would keep us healthy physically, emotionally and spiritually.  This does not mean that we live in a constant state of joy and peace! There has to be the contrast in the human experience.  The important aspect of this is to be able to have a balance and to know how to pull our selves into our joy, peace, and wholeness, when it is needed. Children for the most part know how to navigate this balance. They don’t complicate their being in the world with holding on to things that initiate pain and discord in their life.  We are the ones who model this behavior for them. I think my work and play with children is what has brought me my greatest experiences of joy.  Thank you my Niki! They keep me in touch with the “child” that lives within my soul. It is in each of us. I do believe that our connection to children offers us the ability to reconnect with that vibration of joy! 

So although no one is responsible for us as adults to make us happy, we as adults are responsible for safe guarding joy, peace and contentment in the lives of our children- not just our biological children- but our children in and of our humanity on a global scale. Tap into your joy! Tap into your peace! Be in your contentment as much and as often as you can. It is in each of us!