A little over five months ago, I posted my very first post on balance and bliss. At that time, I had no idea where my life was going to take me or what I was going to find on my journey, but I knew that somehow I had to make a concentrated effort to find bliss and balance in my life. I had asked the Gods in China to “help me find my bliss,” but I never made a concentrated effort to seek out bliss.
This is my 100th posting on bliss and my life has changed over the past five months and I’ve realized that the more focus I put on bliss, the more blissful my life becomes. A lot has changed over the last five months and I attribute a lot of that to my focus on becoming more blissful. There was a period of about two weeks when I wasn’t blogging on a regular basis and my life was out of balance and I was more unhappy than I’d been in a long time. So looking back over the past 99 post, I’d like to share with you some of the ones that have meant the most:
Sixty Days of Bliss–I still haven’t quite finished all of my thirty blissmakers, but what I realized as I focused on accomplishing each of them in turn was how much pleasure those simple things really brought to my life. Spending time with my family, a good massage, traveling, all of those things make my life richer and fuller and the pursuit of bliss added bliss in unexpected ways.
Bliss Tea and Strawberry Bliss–Reminded me of amazing times I had discovering the foods of the world and how simple things when savored can bring tremendous amounts of bliss.
Seventeen Blissful Memories and BatBliss–Reminded me again exactly how lucky I am to have two such amazing children. They are both thoughtful, loving, and intelligent and they make me proud every single day.Bliss Mountain–This was one of my all time favorite posts as it detailed an amazing journey I took with my daughter through the Blue Ridge mountains. It was an incredible trip as we had no real agenda and just drove where ever the road took us. I felt like I learned a lot about my daughter and about myself on that trip.
Twenty Nine Days of Bliss–This chronicled my trip through the 29 days of giving and I still haven’t assimilated the lessons learned and determined how if anything the 29 day challenge changed my life.
Overall, my blog has added a tremendous amount of joy to my life as I’ve found myself focusing on the people who matter and on bringing joy into my own life. The one thing I do know that I need to keep focusing on is building my relationships with my family and on prioritizing my life so that they take center stage.
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