And now, a simple means to find joy is available to each and every one of us.
Chair of Joy™ allows us to take action and sit, breathe, think, and feel and uncover joy that may not have been otherwise visible. Recognition of joy brings joy.
The challenge, of course, is the awareness. Starting a new habit, in this case, the Chair of Joy™ practice, requires awareness. Your personal Chair of Joy™ practice may be triggered in many ways – from feeling a negative moment, to walking past your own favorite Chair of Joy™, to setting a reminder on your personal electronic device.
I reached to my storytelling to find a way to trigger my Chair of Joy™ practice. I realized that each joy triggered was, at the least, a story trigger. I built a list of each of the joys I have experienced in my Chair of Joy™. As a bonus, I included a very arbitrary number from 1 to 10 to measure how I felt before the practice and after, resulting in an understanding of my personal Joy Lift.
When I teach storytelling, joy comes in several forms. One one hand, there is the joy of the storytelling itself, the response from the audience, and the impact on people. On the other, finding stories that express joy is an amazing experience.
