Share your happiness

Dear Ones,
I have been away celebrating our daughter's wedding, so please forgive my absence this past week.  But being away gave me a chance to see fresh new ways that energy appears and moves through our lives.  Today, I'll talk about one of the simplest ones:  share your happiness.

Sharing happiness is not natural for most of us.  If you think about it, it's not how we socialize.  We say, "I feel your pain" or "I share your pain," but you almost never hear anyone say, "I share your happiness,"--even at something like a wedding or the birth of a baby.  Somehow, if we say that, it sounds presumptuous, like we're taking something without it being freely given, and most of us wouldn't do that.  Or, alternately, that if we share someone's happiness, that there is somehow less of it, even though we have the expression, "happiness shared is doubled."

But if sharing happiness raises your own and everyone else's vibration and ultimately produces more joy for everyone, why don't we do more of it?   Maybe we do and just don't realize it.  Here are a few things I witnessed in this last week that made happiness grow:

--Share your inner gifts and talents.  Our daughter's father-in-law is a musician; he composed a beautiful melody for the bridal couple and performed it during the ceremony, in spite of his discomfort in performing in front of crowds.  Everyone loved it.

--Give beyond your comfort zone.  Our daughter's best friend from childhood had never performed a wedding ceremony, but she got deputized, created a perfect script, and drew all of us in with her willingness to be there, 100%, for our daughter and her new husband.  There could not possibly have been a more loving officiant.

--Be authentic.  Our new son-in-law is a fun, funny dancer, and he held nothing back.  His naturalness took away any self-consciousness anyone else may have felt about how "good" or "bad" their own dancing is/was, and it made for a very, very good time on the dance floor.

--Show others how your happiness connects to them.  Tell them what they've said or done that's helping to put a smile on your face or in your heart.  Let you know how incredibly valuable or precious they are to you.  You'll be amazed at how good this feels for both of you.

--Relax and have fun!  It wasn't just the wedding that loosened everyone up; it was the fact that we all set work aside for the time we were together and made the most of every moment.

--Look people in the eye and tell them you love them.  'Nuf said.

So if you have a little happiness inside you, give it, share it, show it!  The world is filled with tragedy; we need more happiness desperately.   You don't need a special occasion to do it.   Just let it out, and watch the beauty that results.

Love,
EL



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