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Last week I started Yoga, and also attended a New Year's Intention Meditation workshop.  After all the life changes and sadness I experienced in 2010... my intention for 2011 was joy...  Life doesn't warrant perpetual happiness but I have opened my eyes and realized that there was much joy in 2010... I just didn't see it at the time for what it was, therefore, I didn't experience it.  Now what exactly is joy?  The answer to that is unique for each person.  I'm now awake to joy... it comes in the most simple of forms...  I enjoy cooking, but haven't done much of it... I've started to again, and found that the preparation and act of cooking gives me joy.  It makes me want to turn on the music and feel good.  All that, just because I'm now open to the idea.  And that is only cooking... not a passion of mine, just something I like to do... 

There is joy in walking Koda... even in the rain and snow and cold... for you see, if I didn't have Koda in my life, I would be sitting inside in the winter and not going out very much...  So, at least 3 times a day, there is a 30 minute walk that has me out and experiencing things I wouldn't be...  Last week, Koda... who has some Vizsla genes in her blood therefore very interested in birds and small animals...and is the only dog I have shared my life with that looks up to the sky and trees... So that is how I saw the amazing hawk sitting in the tree...  Would have walked right by it without Koda with me... and taking one step back... I wouldn't have been outside anyway...  I love raptors... so, the joy of seeing one in the wild always gives me a rush... they are amazing birds... regal.

So, with all this winter cold and post holiday gloom...  Open up your eyes to the joy in your life...  It is there, you just have to be open to it and then it just appears.  Try it... it works!  And no, I'm not tripping on anything!... except maybe some Joy.