“Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.” —Helen Keller

Does feeling joy and being happy feel like a luxury? Joy and happiness come in many different forms. It can be as simple as arranging a colorful bouquet of flowers in your environment that you can be around for a good part of the day. When you flip the switch in your streaming thoughts to the positive channel, put a smile on your face. It will help lift your spirits and will affect everyone else around you. Your happiness is achieved in the now moments and you do not need to wait for a future date. Take a look around you and immerse yourself in nature in any season, take a deep breath, appreciate the good things that you notice and jot them down somewhere for reference in your daily journal to recall the story of what your experience was today. Join us as we explore the differences between joy and happiness and really how accessible they are to us as we are present in our daily moments.