Soul Food Gallery

ENJOYER

awarded for identifying what good stuff is available and diving In

Enjoyer’s Message:

I think Elitists have less options for fun. 

Their perspective may turn them into people who have very narrow opportunities for a good time.

I'd rather be an Enjoyer with awareness and excellent taste.

I'd rather be an Enjoyer who takes a bite of what is delicious after they know where they are and what’s available.

Enjoyers use their vacation days and pour from a cup that's full. 

Enjoyers aren't afraid to be cheesy. 

Triple Creme Brie or American Cheese Slices…

there's a time and a place for both. 

They can savor a simple slice of pizza as well as relish a ten-course tasting menu with wine pairings. 

Also, they don't demand the slice of pizza be a ten-course tasting menu

or ask the ten course tasting menu to be a slice of pizza.

They graciously enjoy a meal at a friend's house who cannot cook, but really tries. They know that sometimes the best meal can be spoiled by bad company and good company makes everything taste better.

They've stopped judging all the food while taking pictures of all the food.

They have started tasting the food.

They have started saying thank you for the food and are grateful for the hands who worked hard to prepare it. 

They bring presents and presence.

They see the gift in just about everything.

What in the world is all this healing work for if not to make room for some serious pleasure? 

If going deeply into our dark emotions makes room and heals us, then the same is true for the good ones. 

Dive in.

Deeply allow yourself to delight in the good stuff, the good people,

and the good times.  

It is healing balm for the soul.

How many times do we hold ourselves back from our joy because we are preparing for the other shoe to drop? 

If the other shoe drops, it will still be painful, whether or not you’ve prepared for the pain or not.

And you will have missed the dancing because you never put on the shoes. 

Enjoyers do not miss the dancing. 

They put on their shoes and walk directly into the moment, the mystery and the miracles unfolding on life’s dance floor.

Enjoyers also know life will be life.

They know to take a more disciplined approach to joy. When they notice something incredible on the horizon, they see it as a moment, a minute, an hour or an era to protect.

In the midst of this glorious life being an unpredictable, ever-changing creature, they can say, ‘No. This is my time to enjoy myself’.

They don’t know and can’t control what’s coming round the mountain or about to knock on their door offering fruitcake from The Ghost of Christmas Past.

So Enjoyers, give themselves full permission to be in the goodness of what is good, when it is good.

And let that feeling take up all the emotional room.

And Enjoyers stay in that room as long as possible until life ushers them off that dance floor.

Either way, they keep their shoes on and are ready.

If you have earned or are earning this Soul Success Medal for Humanity, please place your hand on your heart and claim it for yourself.

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