Finding joy in our lives is one of the first things we strive to get because this feels great. 

Joy and laughter are well known to be great boosters for our immune systems. Finding joy seems easy to find at first glance, but I am sure most of us struggle to find it.

How can we find joy in a world where joy is something so foreign to many of us? The first thing to do is to imagine being a child again. See things as if you were a little human eager to discover the world.

The majority of people are struggling to find it because we were "taught" early on in our lives to focus on having a great career. That very career will bring us a good living and a good life we were told. We all wish to have a great career and do all we can to obtain it. Our mind is inclined to think that it can bring us the dream life, right?

I am sure most of us think that way. What if I tell you that this dream life is a life that will often keep us away from finding joy in the small things?

Having a great career means spending most of our time studying, having many diplomas, doing extracurricular work, and always taking extra courses throughout our careers to stay up to date. Our great career "feeds" on our time, and we have to do everything we can to sustain it.

I believe that this is the part that takes away our focus from finding joy in the small things.

How often do you hear people complaining that they have no time to be with their family and friends? 

They spend all their days at work, sometimes even on weekends, working long hours to reach the deadline for x, y, and z missions. They barely have time to take their lunch break and have their meal calmly, in no rush. Let alone short breaks for tea or a snack in the afternoon. All these breaks have become a luxury for most people.

We are searching for things that do not truly bring us joy, and we spend most of our days stuck on a computer or a smartphone. What if we could cut that time in half? What if instead of spending 2 hours on our smartphones, we would spend only one? What if instead spending that hour on our devices, we would take half an hour for a nature walk or at least 15 minutes?

All it takes is to lift our heads, put away our devices and start to look around. Go to the window and look up to the sky. Then, tell yourself. " Good morning! You will have the best day of your life! Find joy in the small things!". 

If you can, take 5 minutes and step outside. I am sure that at that moment, you will feel an irreplaceable joy that you cannot explain. Once you will be outside, you will start to see the sun. Then you will feel that the wind will invite you to move along with it. You
will hear the birds singing. You will find yourself in an amazing place where you fill feel pure joy.

You will find yourself in nature, and you will tell yourself. "Ahh. I am breathing. I smell the fresh air and the delicate perfume of roses." 
Then your senses will open up more, and you will want to feel more of what you feel. You will invite yourself to stay more and be one with your environment.

You will even forget the time passing, and you will feel contentment. You will feel alive and joyful. You will see yourself in a different light and feel connected to yourself.

After spending time in nature, you will tell yourself. "Oh, I should take this walk more often! "

Do you know why? Because being in nature decreases your stress levels, calms your mind and nourishes your inner being. You will feel pure joy. The joy you will find in that short nature walk will be the highlight of your day.

Once you feel connected to yourself, you will want to be close to things you love. You will take time to make coffee or tee for yourself, you will take time to read a book, you will take time to stay still and just enjoy being alive.

You will realize that finding joy in the small things will be the best gift that you can receive daily.

You will feel the gift of life. You will feel that all is to be enjoyed as it is, and you will never think of the small things as being "unimportant." 

Every small thing for you will become valuable. Enjoy the "small creation process" in which you find yourself, and you will see your life from a new perspective. You will reach the joy of small things.