How to celebrate small moments of joy in your day?
I think there is a question we all need to ask ourselves: How to celebrate small moments of joy in your day? Interestingly, I have found my answer and after putting it into practice, It has brought me a way of relief from chaos since I started to value and count simple moments of joy in my life.
Let's be true here. I know we all are suffering one way or another in life. Sometimes, It is unbearable to catch your sight on little things because after all who has the time to think about this crap and get yourself distracted by trivial things?
I would like to share something phenomenal that would make you believe in how these small moments fill beautiful colours in your monotonous life.
I am very grateful that my family has never struggled for money. We have a roof over our heads, food on the table and pretty much good health. But when it comes to my father's attention to our family, we have always come up short.
Since he always remained busy he wasn't able to spend time with us and due to this in my childhood days where I witnessed that other parents were so supportive, loving and giving proper attention to their children and I got to suffer and crave the love and gentle appreciation by my father.
Back in the day, I used to curse myself every single day for not getting love and appreciation from my father, and therefore it affected my conduct, values, mindset and picture of life.
But after embracing nature, fitness and getting mental health consultation. Things suddenly changed. I discovered my inner world and started to give more focus on celebrating the present moments.
Before discovering New Me, I had set my soul into a cage where loneliness, desperation and woes of sorrowful thoughts took a huge space in it.
I don't want to get back to my previous self. That was so painful. But still, I don't have any regrets too since I get to learn so many things which I haven't learnt in any academic curriculum.
I am grateful that I have a loving and caring mother who is always there for me in my good or bad times. My dearest father no matter if you haven't been in our life for several reasons still both are my life and my world.
Finding moments of joy every day
After fighting a mental health crisis. I gave myself into fitness, medication and gratitude practice. No matter how busy my schedule, I never delayed these precious gems that transformed my life completely.
Every day I go for a long brisk walk to catch a mesmerising view of sunset. How it rejuvenates my mind and soul is miraculous. Then I go back to my home and capture my joyful moments in the gratitude journal.
This practice has transformed my life completely and I am sure your life will also change just by immersing yourself in small moments of joy.
Easy ways to work delightful moments in your day
Don't put limitations on yourself enough that you can't take out the time in your super busy schedule to serve it for doing the things that you desperately want. It means doing something in your day that makes your day.
It doesn't rely on spending bulk money, rather it relies on small tasks. Like, allow yourself a 20-minute break to read your favourite book, give a random call to your closest friend just for a short time, delight yourself with your favourite dish and pick out your favourite colour dress.
Seriously your whole pattern of dull boring routine would find a way to live your life. I am one of the witnesses right here.
Reframing sadness and sorrow
A lot of people outweigh the future to the present. However, they sulk over their present moments by fretting about the upcoming days.
From my own experience, I have understood one thing that is,
Having a visionary mindset navigates you to think about the coming days and it is as good as it gets for a secure future. The problem is that without making a strategic approach to our problems we try to ruin our present moments by giving control to our sentimental emotions which makes us vulnerable and frustrated.
I have been working hard to not let anything ruin my instant moment of joy and sometimes it suits me well and other times not. But it's okay to accept this fragile reality of my life because at least I am trying to make a difference for myself.
Interestingly, we can do nothing about this. But yeah one thing you all can do by practice, patience and time try to control your emotions firsthand so you can better still live in your present moment and make out ways for your worries.
I would like to conclude this by giving insight of my own experience:
Life goes on. It never stops. Don't wait for special occasions that bring you joy. Work on your small moments of joy by intentionally seeking out them and relishing simple everyday moments.
