Hey there . Where in your life do you experience joy ? Take a moment to connect with the prompt . Maybe take a deep breath and close your eyes as I ask you again when in your life do you experience joy ? As you visualize these moments in your life that bring you joy , take a moment to embody the feeling . It may be something you experienced long ago , or as recently as today . Whatever it is , I want you to tap into what joy feels like . Maybe it's making eye contact with someone you love or seeing your dog run in the park . Maybe . Maybe it's bursting into spontaneous , uncontrollable laughter with a friend , or reuniting with someone you haven't seen in a long time . Maybe you find joy in unexpected places . What does it feel like ? What does it feel like ?
Speaker 1We so often look for happiness in the future I'll be happy when and attach it to something that we have yet to attain , but what we overlook is that there's a deep well of joy that we have inside us . All the time . We create joy by keeping our eyes , our hearts and our minds wide open . Think about something that makes you joyful right now , in this moment . You might surprise yourself . Do you feel how you can tap into that the endless . Well , Even if we're not experiencing it in this moment , we can access that feeling . It doesn't leave us . We can access that feeling . It doesn't leave us .
Speaker 1I want to share something with you that I read . It's a story about a teacher who gave a balloon to every student who had to inflate it and write their name on it and then throw it into the hallway . This teacher then mixed all the balloons into the hallway . This teacher then mixed all the balloons . Imagine a hallway in a school completely filled with mixed balloons .
Speaker 1The students were then given five minutes to find their own balloon the balloon with their name on it but despite a hectic search , no one found their balloon . At that point , the teacher told the students to take the first balloon that they found and hand it to the person whose name was written on the balloon . And you know what ? Within five minutes , everyone had their own balloon again . The teacher said to the students these balloons are like happiness . We will never find it if everyone is looking for their own , but if we care about other people's happiness , we'll find ours too . What's one thing you can do right now that will create joy ? Go out and create joy . I'm Lisa Hopkins . Thanks so much for listening . Stay safe and healthy everyone , and remember to live in the moment .