A little of what you fancy.....!

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I am away this weekend with my sister and two of my closest friends Jane and Cathy.  Last year we had an amazing girlie day out in London and vowed to do this once a year!  This evening we have tickets to see Take That at Wembley where we will revisit our younger days and be singing and dancing away.  Tomorrow, we are booked into a hotel in central London and we are off for a relaxing, leisurely day.  It will be a lunch here, a cocktail there kind of day!

A lot of the pleasure has been in the planning.  There has been numerous texts and emails going back and forth.  Due to good forward planning, Cathy has booked first class tickets for the train at a lower cost than standard tickets.  We are starting the weekend with a luxury picnic.  One is bringing Champagne, one is bringing pastries and fresh fruit, another is bringing a selection of nibbles and wraps and I with the sweet tooth, have prepared chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate truffles and homemade fudge!

Getting away from home and connecting with friends and family can be a tonic.  I came across this article by the lovely Aine Belton who encourages us all to do a little more of what we fancy....

Do more of what you love & enJOY yourself!
Obvious as this is, how often do you really allow yourself to a) have a good ponder on what it is you really LOVE, or would love to do, and b) schedule that into your diary.

Make a ‘joy-list’ of all that brings you joy, including the little things, be that your favourite breakfast, favourite flowers or spot in nature, and start adding more of those things into your life. (Obviously if your favourite breakfast is a huge greasy fry up, it might be best to avoid making that a daily habit! )

Doing more of what you love and that which makes your heart sing will raise your vibration naturally, and through that alone, help you attract happier, more positive successful realities and opportunities into your life.
Make joy a priority and get creative about ways to experience it. As you commit to joy and make that intention, the universe will respond. Be open to joyful opportunities coming your way, and of course, get about creating them!

Fun and joy are antidotes to stress, struggle, sacrifice, tediousness and seriousness.

When you experience the playful celebration of life you actively give, both to yourself and others, and are open to sharing more of who you are and riding the current of spontaneity and joy.

Don’t wait for joy or put it out there in your future. Bring it into your now! Joy is so much of the success your heart is seeking.

If you don’t enjoy the journey, chances are you won’t enjoy the destination. Start having fun NOW!”

Beyond ‘doing’, joy comes out of your state of being – it is your true nature! When you let go of more of what you’re not – negative self-beliefs, constricting emotions and un-serving patterns and stories – you experience more of the fountain of joy you truly are!

Have a fabulous weekend one and all - I will be back on Monday!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x