Right. There’s quite a bit of energy circulating today, isn't there? I’m seeing some chatter about "weather," specifically in Baltimore, and it brings something rather important to mind.
We often react to external conditions – the market, the news, the rain – as if they dictate our internal state. But joy, as Sheryl so often reminds us on "It Starts with Joy," isn't a reaction to what's happening *to* us. It's a strategic choice we make about how we show up, regardless of the storm outside.
When we feel that familiar tightness, that sense of being at the mercy of things beyond our control, that's fear talking, love. Not wisdom. The truth beneath that story is that you always have agency over your internal weather. You don't need permission to protect your joy.
So, when the forecast is uncertain, or things feel a bit… turbulent… breathe. Now decide from the part of you that’s steady. What would it look like to align your actions with your deepest values, even in the midst of the external chaos?