Greetings!
What is the definition of bliss? Extreme happiness!
How do you create bliss in your life? Read on...!!
Bliss is many different things to many people. Bliss for me... is a scent that brings me back to my childhood... the smell of chamomile flowers, pine trees, moms cooking, or the laughter of my grandmother. Bliss is also receiving a massage where I am so relaxed I fall asleep. I am safe and warm and I can hear the faint music in the background as I drift in and out of a dream state. Now that is Fabalicios!
What Am I Looking For?
To find your bliss, you need to know what you are looking for. However, definitions of "bliss" rarely capture how you feel when you have found it or are in it. Here are a few of the ways we can personally experience what it is like when you find and follow your bliss ...
* Creating a day like this starts with spending some time exploring your past and remembering all the things you truly love -- not a bad way to spend a weekend in my opinion. Then you collect them all together and list them out on one sheet of paper so you can start to see the pattern they create. We all start with a few vague ideas like this. And it is not that difficult to transform them into a description of your ideal day or the ingredients of your dream job. Most people think of their bliss as just one thing. But my experience is that it is a combination of ingredients and the more you find the more bliss you create. So here is a recipe for a day following your bliss. That is a day when you are living an extraordinary life ...
*You feel at one with the world, as if everything is in its rightful place and all interconnected
*You feel totally alive, as if your body is resonating at a slightly higher frequency
*You see things more clearly, as if a mist has cleared or a fog has lifted and now you can see more clearly or deeply understand
*You feel totally at home within your skin and so comfortable within yourself that time ceases to exist when you are following your bliss - for me its playing the guitar
*You feel surrounded by kindred spirits when you find other people who are passionate about the same things
*You have deep, insightful discussions with people you have known only a few minutes.... this almost always happens in line at starbucks!!
*You find yourself (many times unknowingly) amassing a collection of resources built around your bliss
*You start to feel a bit like Christmas morning, making you want to jump out of bed and see what the day holds!!
*So, now that you have a few ideas of what it feels like to have found your bliss, are you ready to go find it?
All my best,
Amanda