Today I have a simple, yet very effective JOY TIP …
Be Loving… however you do it, to whomever you can – BE a JOY, by being LOVING, to your colleagues, family, friends, even complete strangers… choose to be loving today…
“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca – age 8
I suggest buying a bag of apples and giving one each to all your colleagues, or even to all the hawkers at the traffic lights, or just greeting & smiling at strangers, and lighting candles at dinner – for your family or partner… do something that’s purely intended to be LOVING… for whomever you choose and feel the flow of joy inside you.
enjoy the session – with all my loving… Be LOVING & Be a JOY – by Nikki Jackman & the UPliftment Programme
Here it is my JOY FRIENDS… SHARING JOY BLOG ENTRY number 100… an important milestone…
CELEBRATING 100 entries full of JOY!!! YAY!!
I would love to have your feedback on what you think of these sessions and which joy sessions you loved the most… comment below…
And today’s SESSION is devoted to all of you out there that listen and share JOY with me… thank you… thank you for giving me a space to share this very unique calling with the world… I am proud to be a JOY ACTVIST!
And thanks to your support, you’ve encouraged me to keep learning more and more about sharing JOY and what WE can ALL do to create more JOY FULL living for everyone… THANK YOU
and with all that gushing my joy tip to you all is also APPRECIATION – there’s always material to appreciate – what do you appreciate RIGHT NOW?
Enjoy today’s session… 100 ENTRIES full of JOY – yay – by Nikki Jackman & The UP
WITH GIGGLES & GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU THAT LOVE JOY & LOVE HAVING FUN & LOVE BEING…
Giggle greetings dear supporters of joy…
Today I am one day away from 100 blog entries and appropriately my joy session is full of the lesson of REWARD…
When a project or goal is achieved… REWARD REWARD REWARD… it doesn’t have to be material – but go back to your JOY LIST (from the 1st joy sessions ) and give yourself something you LOVE to do – NO COMPROMISE… for me it would be something like a walk in nature, or a gentle swim in the ocean or a relaxing candle lit bath with my favorite music. That sacred time fuels me and makes me want to achieve more… The greater the achievement, the greater the award… When I’ve sold 100 000 copies of my JOY BOOK, I will reward myself and my man, with an island holiday… teehee
REWARDING OURSELVES CREATES JOY and then as this quote wisely says – remember
“The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it” VOLTAIRE
Enjoy today’s podcast – REWARD JOY – by Nikki Jackman & The UP
Getting into the flow – is getting into your JOY…
I’ve recently completed a massive project for The UPliftment Program and the following day I swam a KM in a dam. I love God’s work, obviously it was necessary that I understood this lesson, it was amazing, because both preparations and achievements gave me the same revelation…
Simple – “get into the flow” – when I resisted the flow, by getting worried or anxious thinking thoughts like “how can I do this” or “this is impossible”, “I’m never going to make it” – I felt exhausted, un-able and I could see all around me how I was making waves (not good when you’re trying to swim or complete a massive event)
Surrender, the great surrender… When I let go and let God… I found myself in the flow, my swimming style became more fluid and my project felt divinely guided and was abundantly rich with miracles.
I hope you too find your flow…
Click here for the audio version of today’s entry & your special SAND HAND JOY EXERCISE – In the FLOW a JOY – by Nikki Jackman & The UP
Smell – This sense is so under-rated and yet there are specialists who work in this trade who’ll tell you that there are about 110,000 smells in nature. The human being perceives only about 100-200 – I’m sure the true statistic is even less as again we don’t really take the time to really take-in the smells. Ever been transported back to a memory through smell… When life seems like it’s running out of control -tune into this wonderful sense and smell how sweet life can be…
Animals depend on odors secreted from their bodies to communicate.
For humans, odours communicate a variety of messages, depending on the odor and the person receiving it. The aroma of a baking apple pie sends one message when someone is hungry and quite another when that person has just finished a six-course meal!
Our nose is the location of an amazing sense that the modern humans lost it because they don’t use it anymore. But indigenous populations and animals do have it and use it. It’s the biological compass, made of many magnetite (an iron oxide) crystals, located at the base of the nose’s sinus. This organ enables the organism to detect the north.
That’s why – unlike the explorers – the people of the jungle tribes never get lost in the forest. The first Europeans in contact with these tribes thought they had a keen sense of the details but the same thing happened with the nomad African tribes from the deserts, where landmarks change quickly.
Our lives are often so fast paced, we don’t take time out to smell the roses… indulge this inspired scent and give yourself the treat of your favourite smells, or just enjoy the variety of scents around you, that you may have once again, taken for granted
click and enjoy today’s JOY session – SMELL JOY – by Nikki Jackman & The UP
Sounds of JOY – How inspired is this choice existence, which God has given us and yet how much more our lives could be if we truly listened more to God’s guidance… We truly listened more and tuned into our higher callings, there we would find more joy and less suffering… We deeply listened in conversation…
The Institute for Music and Neurological Function (IMNF). Created in 1995, IMNF was founded “to restore, maintain and improve people’s physical, emotional and neurological functioning through the systematic use of music.”
According to a study by the Cleveland Clinic, listening to melodic music decreases the activity of individual neurons in the deep brain; the physical responses to the calming music ranged from patients’ closing their eyes to falling asleep.
HEAR JOY by Nikki Jackman & The UP
And a final thought… as you listen to today’s session…
Researchers at University College London found that hearing laughter and other positive sounds triggers a response in the area of the brain that are activated when we ourselves actually laugh or smile.
Sight – When we look into the world with open hearts as well as eyes, we notice how beautiful every moment truly is.
It’s a simple joy tip – full of great visions of a future where we ALL live with our eyes and hearts open…
An open loving heart, allows us to perceive things not based on our PAST, but the precious moment that wonderful things are happening… We start to really see…
Dr Seuss: “Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn! The most wonderful stuff!
enjoy today’s podcast – SEE JOY by Nikki Jackman & the UP
Wise OLD JOY
When I see the beauty in ancient trees, there’s a strong awe that full’s me, for God’s magnificent creativity and LOVE that never seizes to provide over 1000’s of years… Makes me think about our Old and Wise… our elders, whom nowadays are institutionalized and forgotten…
So my Joy Tip for you today is to commit to doing something for the Elders, whether that’s visiting an institution in your area, or respectfully greeting them in the street… Let’s LOVE our Elders and respect their wisdom…
WISE OLD JOY – by Nikki Jackman & The UP
James 3:17
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
We all matter JOY
“There are no extra pieces in the universe, every star in the sky matters… Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.” Ms Black Butterfly
There’s nobody that has no worth in the world, each and everyone of us, was created to make our own unique contribution. This is such a wonderful thing to keep in mind, when you find yourself in one of those state’s of mind, that imply you’re not worthy… SAY aloud – “I AM A MAGNIFICENT CREATION and I MATTER…” My dear JOY friends – YOU matter and when you stand tall and contribute the essence of your humanKINDness then WOW wow WOW, the world will shine with all our glowing lights and our hearts will be full and open…
Enjoy the session – YOU MATTER JOY – by Nikki Jackman & The UPliftment Programme
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called.”
1 Timothy 6:12
Save electricity & relationships
Technology is an awesome tool, but like anything – out of balance it limits us from greatness. So JOY TIP – Save electricity & your relationships by having a technology free night – light candles, tell stories, eat together and ALL commit to Cells off, computers & TV’s off – relationships will love this quality time. And you’ll find all the petty stuff just drift away with the large electricity bills… tee hee
enjoy the session & then turn off the computer tee hee – JOY without electricity – by Nikki Jackman & The UP
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