Joy Week III —Whalt do we Juggle?
So far during “Joy week 1
2020”. We’ve fought “jabs of yesterday”, considered the debate concerning. JellO over Yogurt, pondered. Whether or not Jesus Outlawed Yo-yos (and other needed religious reforms) and that brings us to here and now —-the place we always are and the. Best time to do something wonderful.
So what’s the acronym? Well.. I have two days left so I went through the list of possibles a few minutes ago and pulled out.my favorite two. for the Finale the winner was John Outlasts Yoko leaving today’s winner
JUGGLING OUTDATED YARDSTICKS
Here are some popular. “Yardsticks”
Make more money....
Own More Coolk Stuff.. Ofr Own less. Stuff
Eat healthier. Food
Exercise. More
Keep. All your Hair except in places where it’s not attractive
Keep your original Hair Color
Drive A Car that matches your ideal personality
Wear Clothes that match your. Income or the income you want
Make your Teeth Whiter and your smile straighter
—feel free to add. A few of your own
In short get your. Crap together, pay attention to the norms, work at showing folks you know what’s acceptable and cool... get self-help if you aren’t quite up to these things and there are plenty of books, blogs, YouTube videos out there top make all that happen....
Well it seems. That there are an endless stream of yardsticks available for each of us to measure our worthiness against. And while I think we should keep learning and allow ourself growth, I wonder how often we set up barriers to peace and joy by JUGGLING OUTDATED YARDSTICKS” and how much time we spend juggling. Obnoxious yardsticks as well.
There’s nothing wrong with some —a few self-imposed “goals if they come from a value or purpose and they are your way of communicating that purpose internally or externally, however seeking. Joy requires that you feel them in line with your best intentions and skills or gifts and they are shareable with others also seeking joy in the same way. accomplishing an athletic goal can help your body release the internal good stuff (that’s a scientific term for dopamine ). That reduces stress—because stress kills. Singing can do the same things but I don’t expect you all to (ACRONYM ALERT) Join Oriental yodelers.
Unfortunately, we carry around. Al lot of yardsticks handed to us by our culture, our parents, our. Careers, and we rarely examine the utility or the importance of these and thus when we “fail to measure up” we pour a smooth layer of guilt on our everyday exzperiences.
How many of you remember to clean your. Plate because there are starving kids in India or China or somewhere? After all we can’t just throw out. Good food. How many of you are afraid to leave a lamp on or a door open because “what do you think we are trying to do ? Heat the Outside?” While we might not act accordingly our minds and our hearts get. Caught by these yardsticks nearly every time a donor is left open or those overcooked peas are left rolling around near that dab of potatoes and gravy.
at my house growing up we had those yardsticks and many more like no singing at the table which often led to standing next to the table. And finishing a song... I guess the birthday song. Was an exception to that. Yardstick and. The no spitting yardstick as often candles were blo2n and sprayed out... and no hats at the table during. Dinner which meant hair could fall in the food but you’d better not have the nerve to advertise Ford, the Green Bay Packers, Case, or John Deere while eating every last crumb of meatloaf even if it had too much Ketchup and a few too many onions in an overbaked crust.
OOkay putting aside hairy overbaked meatloaf for a minute let’s sum up a bit
It’s not a crime to find some actions and some signs that help you feel better about demonstrating your acts fit your purposes. Unfortunately other folks. Throw there purposes. And their actions at you and the matching expectations or yardsticks come right along. Then you have some that you. May not be using or may not me useful, but you haven’t put them down, so you’re juggling so many and they are often outdated and sometimes obnoxious.
When seeking joy it’s not a bad idea to take a moment once in a while...like after you’ve said a word or two of gratitude... to list your expectations for the day and the expectations you had yesterday... that makes an excellent opportunity to find some outdated ones to set down and leave behind.
It’s not always so b ad to. Juggle but sometimes life gives you chainsaws and puts you ona unicycle w2ith a flat tire and pushes you down a bumpy hill at those times maybe what we are juggling needs to be modified—just saying...
Well enough for today... Tommorrow. We will wrap up Joy. Week considering. John and Yoko and continue our. Quest to give peace a chance.
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