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Chase Your Joy: The Best Way To Find Your Gift
At the beginning of your life you did whatever you could get your hands on Joy.
You didn’t differentiate between things you sucked at or were good at and just leapt right into the world.
You played in the dirt, ran around screaming, touched anything that wasn’t bolted down and used almost every single thing as a means to create joy.
It was freeing and it was all for fun.
But while it was a tremendous amount of joy, it came with certain conditions as you aged.
Time outside was limited, praise was harder to come by, and the love you received came only upon meeting expectations.
Certain joys were met with judgements and only the things you were good at brought you positivity.
When you showed a knack for something the people around you reinforced that by praising you, celebrating it and even encouraging you to do more.
You trusted their judgement and when they celebrated you it gave you a sense of accomplishment, freedom and joy, so you naturally began to work harder and do those things more.
Over time, what you were good at became what you loved, because other people showed you positivity for it. You were conditioned into it.
