Feel the joy ~

JOY [joi] ~

the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation

How many of you have experienced joy today?  Many times we are too busy to notice the simple things that bring pleasure to our lives.  I am trying to slow down and feel some joy everyday...sidebar...

This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Please take some time to show your support of the many women, and men, who have battled this disease.  

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman's life is a little less than 1 in 8 (12%).

The American Cancer Society's most recent estimates for breast cancer in the United States are for 2010:

• About 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
• About 54,010 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
• About 39,840 women will die from breast cancer

So women, feel ur boobies~  And men, remind ur women to feel their boobies <she might even let you help!  This will surely cause some JOY>

OK, back on track~ JOY.  Anything that brings elation...A sense of bigger purpose to this thing we call life...Happiness...Something that is satisfying in our lives...

For me, these don't need to be big things...it is easy to find joy in the big things.  It is much harder to find joy in the small everyday things...however, if you try ur life will be much richer for it!

What things have given me joy in the past week?  The friendly nuzzle of a dog...my thighs killing me, cause I know that this came from a great run...a bit of sarcasm from a friend and then a smile from the same friend...reading my course syllabus and finding out there is not a big assignment due the first week...the feeling of a crisp fall morning <finally>...watching the sunrise over the ocean...walking on the beach...feeling at peace with decisions...drinking a cup of hot tea in solitude...

What about you?  What small thing in your life has given you some joy this week?

I would love to hear from you~

~DDB

Dancing Queen~

I spent the last night dancing the night away.  I had a blast~ I have come to find that dancing is something that I truly enjoy doing.  I enjoy the sights, sounds, and feeling my body become one with the beat~

There are a lot of benefits to dancing.  Burning calories on the dancefloor, although honestly, this one is usually canceled out by the alcohol calories...bummer.  Releasing endorphins, and who doesn't like endogenous opiates~ Letting loose and allowing your passion to flow.  Freeing your mind and escaping your daily stress, even if it is momentary and fleeting.

I did not know how much I enjoyed dancing until recently in my life.  Growing up, I was a frequent wallflower, and that was ok, but it also made me very serious, and very studious.  This bodes well for getting through high school and college, but it does make the experience, in the retrospectoscope, a little stale.  Dancing is like adding salsa to life!

Dancing is emotion in it's purest form~ one can be flirty, playful, soulful, loving, sexy, flashy, passionate~


Do you remember the last time you danced?  Tell me about it!

They say the eyes are the windows to one's soul; I would argue that dancing is the voice, the loudest, most passionate voice, of one's soul...and it really needs to be expressed in one's life...often!

Have a great day, and don't forget~ DaNcE!

~DDB