The SECRET to living life as a JOYFULAdventure:

• WE are THE ONE we've been waiting for. We are already enough. The only thing that's ever missing ... is US:  our presence,
  our awareness, our care, our attention. Our own validation.  When we stop looking outside ourselves for what only we can provide,
  we discover an inexhaustible, always-available source of love, energy, and nourishment ... leaving us free to come to our
  relationships needing nothing, free to simply connect, enjoy, and create.

• WE'RE MADE FOR JOY.  When we feel good, when something GIVES US ENERGY, it's a clear sign that we're on track, moving
  toward what we love and want most. When we feel bad, when something drains our energy, it's a clear sign that we're off track,
  moving away from what we love and want most. DO WHAT FEELS GOOD.  Do the things, spend time with the people, eat the foods
  that make you feel good, that fill you with energy!  [NOTE: This is not at all the same as avoiding or resisting.  When something
  upsets us, that's a wake-up call from our inner wisdom, letting us know there is something important within us that has a gift
  for us, that's asking for our presence.]

• THE WORLD IS DESIGNED TO WORK.  Yes, yes, I know -- the world ISN'T working. But that's not because it's broken; it's because
  of all the things we've been taught about "how Life works" that just ain't so. Just one example: we're taught that The Gap between
  what IS and what we WANT is the measure of WHAT'S WRONG (with us, with them, with Life).  In reality, The Gap is our playground
  -- the space where we get to imagine, play, create, discover, invent.  If there were NO GAP, there would be nothing for us to do or
  dream of, no way to discover, create, or expand who we are or what's possible for us. When we stop fighting REALITY and start
  treating it like the TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE, LOVING, HELPFUL mirror it is, life regains its magic, wonder, and workability for us.

• EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IS A GIFT, AN INVITATION, OR A MESSAGE, COMPLETELY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT US IN FULFILLING
  OUR DEAREST DREAMS. This is one of the most powerful principles of all: Life is already a "YES!" to us. What happens is a response
  to our Intending, a response to our Asking/Desiring. When we realize this, when we realize that Life is always saying "YES!" to us,
  then when something unwanted happens, we get curious instead of getting upset. (This alone makes life unimaginably better, not
  just for us but also for the people around us.) What's Life trying to tell us, with this feedback? What have we been thinking, believing,
  doing, saying, and /or eating that doesn't work, that's created this thing we don't want? When things go "wrong," it's time to get
  CURIOUS, to discover what the gift is, that Life is trying to give us.  (Joyful Adventure workshops, groups, and individual coaching
  are a few places where you can find out.)
  
  The joy and fulfillment we can experience in Life is limited only by our own response to Life.  When we become an unconditional
  "YES!" to Life, we finally allow all of Life's "YES!" to come into our lives.

• WE BECOME COMPLETELY SAFE and COMPLETELY FREE WHEN WE CAN BE WITH ALL THAT WE ARE. When we finally become
  able to Be With everything inside us -- our warts and farts and ugly parts; our everyday humanity; and all that's magnificent, beautiful,
  and wondrous in us -- we become able to Choose and to Create ...  not from fear, hurt, denial, or self-defense, but from our authentic
  love and expression of what we most want to see Real-ized and ever-expanding in the world.

• WE CREATE OUR WORLD through WHAT WE GIVE OUR PASSIONATE ATTENTION TO.  Another way to say this is, whatever we give
  our attention to EXPANDS in our life. We give our attention to things through our THOUGHTS/BELIEFS and through our FEELINGS. 
  Focus passionately on what you want ... because you'll get more of whatever you passionately focus on. (Thoughts alone are not
  enough; it is our EMOTION that is the rocket fuel of life!)  IMPORTANT:  LIFE only understands "YES" ... so, any attention you give
  to what you don't want ... will EXPAND THAT in the world. This is a secret that Gandhi and Mother Teresa knew; both said they
  would never participate in a march or cause AGAINST anything unwanted, only one FOR something dreamed of. (The results they
  created in the world from doing this suggest that they knew what they were talking about.)

• DISCONNECTION IS THE ONLY PROBLEM WE EVER HAVE. There's never really anything "wrong," it's just that we can't Be With it.
  The only thing that doesn't work is the separation we create from ourselves, others, or Life when we label something as "wrong"
  or say that it "shouldn't Be." It's not that all things are equally life-giving; they're not. It's that if we fight against reality, we'll always
  lose: whatever we think "shouldn't Be" ... ALREADY IS. Being able to compassionately accept and Be With whatever IS -- in
  ourselves, in others, in Life -- is the beginning of peace, and the doorway to releasing our amazing power to create and help
  expand what we DO want, in Life.

• IF WE'RE THE ONE WHO'S UPSET, WE'RE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM.  Our upsets are actually messages from our inner
  wisdom, letting us know that we have important, life-serving needs that are going unmet. We may indeed have an issue with the
  other person, but the UPSET -- the charge, the drama -- is ours. It's like having a broken toe. If your toe is fine and someone steps
  on it, no big deal -- you can calmly ask them to get off your foot. If that toes is broken, YOWEE!!!  You'll go through the roof, the pain
  is so intense. But, the sensitivity -- the broken toe -- wasn't created by the other person in the moment they stepped on your toe.
  That sensitivity, the unhealed wound, was there long before that moment.  The greater the upset, the greater the charge, the
  longer that need has gone unmet, and the more important it is for that need to begin to be met now.  And who is responsible for
  meeting our needs? No one but us. (We certainly can ask for help from others, this is part of the richness and joy of life ... and,
  we must fully own our responsibility for our own well-being.)

• OUR JOY IS THE GREATEST GIFT WE CAN GIVE TO THE WORLD, and to the people in our life. All we ever really have to give ... is
  ourselves. Our joy is the doorway to the limitless gifts that already lie within us, just waiting for us to say YES and set them free!
   

JOYFULAdventure! principles are so simple and so powerful, they create astounding results for everyone who uses them -- for people
who've already enjoyed a great deal of success in life, and for people who are just beginning to explore this "New World" of joy, self-expression,
gracious power, and freedom, where creating AND LIVING our dreams is a normal, everyday, wondrous part of life.    LIFE CAN BE LIKE THIS.

JOYFULAdventure! is passionately focused on creating dramatic results, with dramatically less effort. Starting with a deep knowing
that we're made for joy; the world was designed to work; and we can Be, have, and do absolutely anything we desire, if we're willing
to do OUR PART ...

Through an gentle process of asking and listening, creating and noticing, JOYFULAdventure's uniquely effective perspectives, distinctions,
and tools consistently create astonishing, extraordinary results in the "Real World."
 

COME DISCOVER how EASY IT IS ... to live life as the JOYFULAdventure! it was meant to be.
 

      LIFE CAN BE LIKE THIS.
 

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