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This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of living joy-fully (today and every day).
Comment from Marie: As children, many of us were told to be quiet, to be still... in other words not to be a child. So now that we are adults, we need to rediscover this playful, childlike, joy-full side of ourselves. Let your child-self be play-full, joy-full, and let your life be a dance. Even when things appear dark, there is always something we can find to appreciate and for which to be joyful.
InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
November 4, 2024
The focus for today is:
I let my joy innocently and unselfconsciously bubble over.
Today's inspiration was written by Barry Vissell:
An attractive female freshman with large blue-green captivating eyes, was sitting with her friends and laughing the "wrong" way ... way too loud, uncontrolled, obviously immature, and worst of all, not caring at all what people must be thinking of her.
Her joy was innocently and unselfconsciously bubbling over. I, on the other hand, was caught in a world of social conformity, a world of play-acting to get the approval of others.
I was having minimal fun. She was having all the fun she wanted. I was dampening my joy. She was freeing hers. I was hiding my childlikeness. She was exuberant in her innocence. She was simply allowing herself to have an outrageously good time.
CONTINUE READING: Read the complete article here.
Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Finding Joy: A Meeting of Soulmates
by Barry Vissell.
Read the complete article here.
The focus for today: I let my joy innocently and unselfconsciously bubble over.
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RELATED BOOK: A Couple of Miracles
A Couple of Miracles: One Couple, More Than a Few Miracles
by Barry and Joyce Vissell.
We write our story, not only to entertain you, our readers, and certainly you will be entertained, but more so to inspire you. One thing we have learned after seventy-five years in these bodies, living on this earth, is that all of us have lives filled with miracles.
We sincerely hope you will look at your own lives with new eyes, and discover the miraculous in so many of your own stories. Like Einstein said, “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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About the Author(s)
Joyce & Barry Vissell, a nurse/therapist and psychiatrist couple since 1964, are counselors, near Santa Cruz CA, who are passionate about conscious relationship and personal-spiritual growth. They are the authors of 10 books, their latest being A Couple of Miracles: One Couple, More Than a Few Miracles.
Visit their website at SharedHeart.org for their free weekly 10–15-minute inspirational videos, inspiring past articles on many topics about relationship and living from the heart, or to book a counseling session on-line or in person.
