🪷 Softly Reclaiming Your Joy: Letting Light Feel Safe Again
Softly reclaiming your joy might feel unfamiliar at first.
Joy might not have felt safe before.
It may have seemed too fleeting,
too fragile,
too unfamiliar.
So you protected yourself.
You stayed cautious.
Stayed small.
But joy isn’t here to betray you.
It’s here to remind you—
you’re still alive.
You’re still becoming.
You don’t have to chase joy today.
Instead, let it know:
you’re open,
whenever it’s ready.
Even just that is enough.
Why Softly Reclaiming Joy Still Heals
Many of us learned to distrust joy.
We braced ourselves for disappointment,
even in moments of lightness.
However, joy can coexist with your healing.
In fact, it often shows up
when you stop demanding certainty.
So ask gently:
When did I last feel joy—without fear or guilt?
What would it feel like to let it in, without performance?
Joy doesn’t need a reason.
It only needs your softness.
Try This Today
Do one small thing that feels light.
Not productive.
Not perfect.
Just… light.
And after that, let that be enough.
You don’t need to justify it. Joy is reason enough.
One Last Thought
Joy doesn’t ask to be healed.
It just asks to be welcomed.
And you’re allowed to say yes.
Sometimes, joy just needs you to stay long enough to feel it.
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📖 This is Day 20 of the 30-day journal: The Gentle Work.
If this gave you even one breath of softness… the full journey is waiting.
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