Lighten Up: Tips for Finding Joy and Laughter

Imagine traveling on a long journey carrying a large bag of stones on your shoulders. As time passes you add more stones to your bag. You wonder why you have little energy to do what you would like. What energy you do have is spent on hauling your stones. Each of your stones has a name. One is your credit card bill, another is your mortgage payment, another is a failed relationship. The names of your stones are endless based on which ones you decide to add to your bag. How long do you want to continue through life this way? Maybe it is time to lighten up your load. Begin by deciding on positive actions you can take to dispose of your stones. Perhaps you are using your credit cards to charge items you don't really need at this time. Or maybe you can talk to your lending agency about lowering your interest rate on your mortgage. Or you can focus on what you learned from a failed relationship. Then decide to have more fun and laughter in your life. Make a list of what brings that into your life and start to do it. Find someone you trust and discuss your problems looking for solutions to address them. The mere act of talking helps lighten the load. You will find that you have more energy to do what needs to be done and life will take on a different perspective. You might even decide not to add any more stones to your bag from this point on. What can you do to lighten up today?