This past weekend was really great for me. My event went great on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night I went to a mini bloggy boot camp with the SITS Girls where I won a mini IPad. On Sunday I meet up with my bloggy friend Your Chic is Showing for her high heels event. I had lot's of fun and connected with good joy inspiring people this weekend.The problem came as the weekend was winding down. Since I'm into this whole blogging/ social media thing, of course I wanted to post on Facebook about my fantabulous weekend. I did not want to post in a bragging way. I wanted to post saying how thankful and blessed I felt to have had such a great weekend. The problem was I suddenly felt to anxious to write the post.
Anxiety came over me and I was afraid. I was afraid that somehow by my acknowledging blessings and showing gratitude I'd be welcoming almost encouraging something bad to happen. I imagined my mom getting sick or my dog starting to have seizures immediately after I'd hit post. I know, crazy right?
Expressing appreciation, practicing an attitude of gratitude, and counting blessings are all important components to having a more Joyful life. If you are busy celebrating good fortune and giving thanks it's kind of hard to be sad or unhappy. But we rob ourselves of this joyful experience when we hold back out of fear that our happiness will somehow trigger bad things to happen or for us to be"jinxed"
The next time you feel the urge to stifle your celebration out of fear of something bad happening please ignor that urge. The reality is both good things and bad things are going to happen when they are gong ti happen. We have little control over that. However you have complete control in how much Joy you allow yourself to experience by acknowledging your blessings. So go ahead and send that text, tweet, or Facebook post sharing your good news.
Have you ever stopped short of sharing good news out of fear that you would jinx it and welcome something negative into your life? Am I the only one?
