The Gathering Room: Joy Is the Only Strategy

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Can you remember times when you’ve experienced pure joy?

Martha recalls some key moments that led her to make joy her strategy for living, and she’s talking about it in this episode of The Gathering Room.

The dictionary defines a strategy as “a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim." We all want to experience joy, and yet we have a society that tells us joy is not a strategy—that we should be strategizing to achieve success instead.

But until you have joy, Martha argues, what good is a strategy of success? There is no point in having success without joy.

So, how do you make joy your strategy?

All the way to joy feels joyful, Martha says, and that feeling is letting you know you’re on your right path— because joy is what we all are in our essence. When we feel misery or flatness or bitterness, the message is that we’ve gotten off track and need to change course.

Martha urges us to turn toward joy and join with other people by sharing our joy and asking what we can do to help others experience more of it. Because as joy grows, it more than multiplies!

To find out how to connect with joy even in times of pain or sorrow, learn the difference between happiness and joy, and join Martha in a meditation to help open yourself up to joy, be sure to listen to the entire joy-filled episode.

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Not too long ago before I happened to discover Dr. Martha, I truly believed joy wasn't actually possible. Like it was some kind of a social construct and life meant living in misery and suffering. Believing joy was my first step. Tracking joy is my next.

Tokoboko
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Martha you are an extrodinary being. We don’t find people with your humility and grace and love and beauty and warmth and brilliance that often. You’re so rare. Very grateful for all you do for us. ❤️🙏❤️🙏

wenzthebell
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I’m a new subscriber because you discussed politics in the first few seconds of this video. The word I chose at the end of last year to guide me for 2024 was the word Joy! I also watched the convention and love loved it! I live in Mankato where the Walz’s raised their family. The morning he was announced as VP pick was filled with so much Joy for me! And guess what, Joy is my middle name

watchmethriving
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Joseph Campbell coined that world already 😁 Follow your Bliss. I could see them all (Love, Peace, Joy, Freedom) fit in there, with a liberal interpretation. Especially because he got the word from Ananda in the Sat-chit-ananda.

It's a cute story. He said, "I may not know what Sat (Being) is, or what Chit (Consciousness) really is. But I do know what my bliss is (for him was reading) 😊 So I'll follow that.

Lovely sharing by the way! ✨

liviubeschieri
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You have my Joy, Martha!❤️🤗😁🙏many blessings 🌹

DavidFreimann
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💙💙💙. I cried tears of joy through this whole message!!! Thank you Martha for the reminder of the greatness that was last week’s joyful 🎉DNC!!!!

ericawoodruff
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One more joyous witnesss in Martha Becks class!

evanwalgren
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I was watching a Sunday show this past Sunday and one of the political guys said snidely, "Joy isn't a strategy." And he smirked. In that moment, I found myself just going along with what he said because he's a political professional, he must know what he is talking about. Later, I found myself thinking about it still and shook myself. OF COURSE joy is a strategy. It's one of the most powerful feelings and states of mind when you are creating something. Guys like that guy on TV don't know that. I'm holding onto that joy strategy. It's a winning strategy. 🙌❤️✨

nicoleschaffer
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Martha, Thank you, I've listened to this at least 5 times and I soooo agree - Joy is the only strategy:)

JoyousDragon
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So grateful for your courage in rejoining the world ❤

elizabeththompson
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Thank you Martha, for naming my compass. Joy, gioia, joie, gozo

moniquezepedazepeda
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May we all be joful today no matter what

aisoconcranberriesuas
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To follow Joy wherever it leads is a good strategy or way. I liked that Martha.

Btw, Trump’s given me a sense of joy and laughter since I started following him 8 years ago. But that doesn’t matter because the essence of your message is cool.

oscar_sheen
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Beware of those who would sneer at Joy!!!Love and joy was the strategy of Jesus, wasnt it? Not of religions and churches necessarily, but surely the human, the man. Why argue with that? He died so that we could have joy and love (well, i thought that was the idea, maybe im wrong...). I just love these people telling us that joy has no place in a plan to win. JOY is God's plan. And i am not even a big G god person. Or a big Jesus person! (More of a pagan/buddhist perspn). Im with you, and thank you for this beautiful episode. Joy is the plan, the way, the path.

stardresser
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my word is joy....my favorite cup says Joy and is truly beautiful!

cynfowler
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Freejoyleace....there's the word that combines all of them!😊😊😊

Lifewithlouu
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just to look in your eyes with tears of joy brought so much joy. may you feel joy evrywhere!🕹

juliakaldori
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What an amazing video! Yes, joy is meant to be contagious and Yes it's the only strategy! (Still, sometimes masquerades deceive--but who cares?) Thank you for reminding me of the reverence and joy from my childhood as a boy soprano.

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BEYOND THE ANALYTICAL MIND ... 🥳🌞🥳JOY IS INHERENTLY ...
OUR NATURE🥳🌞🥳, KIND TEACHER, MA'AM ...

SINDAMANYVERAPEN-oozd
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As an a Hillary Super Volunteer #exmo #lateinlifelesbian #babygay...I really love you.

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