A Short Meditation On Joy

A joy on meditation...

In those midnight hours, staring at a screen, it can feel so elusive. There might be a sweet FB pic of a friend or a kid, or the moon might be rising right outside the window, but how to import those moments of sweetness, of joy, into the every day (or every night) grind of the law?
It really is possible but - you might have noticed - it's not our default mode.
In fact, being a pessimist, seeing the glass half empty, can be a real asset in our profession.

Transcript

And finding that comfortable posture,

That posture which brings ease and also energy and some measure of delight to this moment,

Some measure of joy.

And the invitation is to just be with whatever is arising and particularly to notice the joyful moments right now.

And when the mind wanders,

Just coming back and really setting that intention to look for the joyful moments and let them swish around in the mind and the body.

And if negativity bias starts to creep in,

Just make a little bow to it.

Thank you very much.

I know you're there.

I know I need some of that to survive,

Not get run down by that truck.

And is there some joy that you can point your whole being at right now?

Noticing the joy,

Lifting it up,

Letting it swish around,

Or noticing the wandering mind and turning towards that with joy.

Oh,

Thank you.

And come on back.

Where is the mind now?

Is it looking at something joyful,

Lifting that up?

If not,

The invitation to locate something joyful.

And if it's not there,

That's okay too.

Being joyful for the effort,

The intention,

That the practice is not easy and that maybe with practice it will get easier.

So gentleness and kindness all around for when the joyful moments appear and for when they're not available.