maximum joy....

ahhh...it is MARCH!  

the elusive happy.  some people think it's so hard to be happy.  ppfffftttt...

we have control of our neurochemicals....

we can release oxytocin and all kinds of feel good chemicals in our body...sending a flood of bliss through our whole body....

at will.  

you can do the opposite too...and feel miserable..but who the hell wants that?  

anyway....

making yourself happy is as easy as thinking about something that makes you happy....or doing something that makes you happy...or just appreciating something...

the other day...something really simply sublime hit me....of things that make me happy....

getting hugged by someone who smells really good... and then you smell like that...and it hangs on you...like the hug stays with you and it's a warm reminder...it's the sweet smell infused in your clothes.  

that made me.....really happy.  

also....

listening to my happy music....the stuff that makes me tingle all over....like my whole body is giggling.  :)  

and what makes me hit maximum joy?  painting something cool while I listen to my favorite music...AND eating chocolate.  holy crap....fahgedaboutit if the sun is shining that day....

yeah....wow.  

that's like holy trinity of bliss....upon doing all these things...all the feel good awesome neurochemicals overflow...burst through flood gates....smash through the breakwater....

and voila.  maximum joy and bliss...it's like love takes over your whole body and you feel like a big...

smile.  and love is all around.....

when you feel bliss and love...you see bliss and love in everything.  

what takes it over the top.....is then...sharing the creation with others.....inspiring them....getting inspired by them.  

before you know it....it's like a sunshine hurricane....

starting in a cell, a local weather cell, but really- literally.....in cells....in my brain....neurotransmitters firing.....coming out in splashes of color.... line and shape....

which then gets set free....out to the world...seminating sunshine and love....happiness.

flowing back to me...in a feedback loop of perfection...and really...the more you are able to exercise your happy neurotransmitters...the better they can fire and make you feel happiness....like I said before...

you create your reality.... and you can create your happiness.  at will.  

you don't ever have to depend on someone else to make you happy....

it's totally true....you can totally make yourself have a day....where you are high as a kite happy. 

just gotta flood yourself...SURROUND yourself....expose yourself....to things that make you happy.  

a happy flood....is the best kind. 

and the song today....

from Frankie Goes to Hollywood....

Maximum Joy...

On glory day, we'll get the gifts of heaven up above, 

all around you hope and joy..to find and fall in love...

can you feel that maximum joy? 

Rolling 'round like a brand new boy..

Rain and sunshine from heaven. 

Feeling the wonder....of sun, rain and thunder....

unraveling life's mysteries, living to make history...free at last

let dreamers dream...and lovers leap.  (Maximum Joy, Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

bliss. 

this is both funny and weird....the other day...while taking a shower, I noticed two strands of my long hair on the shower wall...and together, they formed the outline of a curvy woman...and her long hair...and I thought....I have to sketch that when I get out.... :)

inspiration is everywhere.  you just have to open your eyes.  

peace...and love....and joy.....smile and eat chocolate.  create something....