Prioritise your Joy!

I've seen this happen often. In fact I've done it to myself.⁠

Questioned whether prioritising my own joy was frivolous, selfish or even an attempt to run away from so-called deeper emotional issues.⁠

What I now know is none of the above is true. ⁠

As coaches we ask people, ourselves included to do the work. We make promises that if they do, they'll have access to amongst other things more joy. ⁠

When we do have this access, we then question prioritising it. Why?⁠

What if not negotiating our relationship with joy becomes a requirement for our lives.⁠

Knowing that this JOY is our birthright. An inherent quality of being that is available on demand, regardless of what the world looks like on the outside.⁠

A state where we can powerfully address the suffering of the world without becoming it.⁠

Knowing we don't change anything by taking on what is, but rather by being what we know it can be.⁠

So if you're questioning (especially in these times) the frivolity of expressing your joy.

Please don't. ⁠

It is a privilege & necessary light.