Welcome to let it be easy with Susie Moore.

What if it's safe to feel happy?

Oh my, I feel as if the general consensus around happiness is that it's reserved for a few special polyannas sometimes or it's

going to be in the future when a goal is met or it's reserved for certain moments

that are fleeting. What I've learned over the years is that

cultivating happiness, cultivating your own joy is a real form of courage.

We can feel unsafe when there's joy.

We can feel unsafe even as we receive blessings

or when life's going right because we start thinking,

what if I lose this?

What if this messes up up what if it's temporary I

don't want to be too happy because the fall will be too great if the shoe

drops if the other shoe drops whatever the expression is you know what I mean

but what if it's actually safe to feel happy?

There is a feeling that I have when it comes to joy and a pretty fixed way of how I interpret joy and allow

joy to be a real placeholder in my life.

And it's that joy, so my gratitude, my appreciation, my ability to be present,

my ability to feel enthusiasm and excitement and love and

creativity is in fact my highest form of worship. That is how I thank my creator for my life.

By enjoying it, by being happy,

by allowing in beautiful experiences and not blocking them or criticizing them or showing

disdain for other people even when in life things aren't perfect.

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