What is Jubilance?
Jubilance, or to be jubilant, means showing great joy, happiness, satisfaction, and feeling triumphant or rejoiceful. How many of us can say we have felt that way recently?
I believe most of us had felt that way when we were children. Winning at a game – Thrilled when we did well on a test – rejoicing when we received an unexpected gift. It ignited our jubilance.
A Friend could not embrace his jubilance.
I had a friend who had worked so hard at his job. So, he should have been jubilant when he finally got a promotion and a big raise. He should have jumped high into the air with sheer joy – but he didn’t. Instead, he smiled halfway and immediately began to worry about what he would need to do next.
Why I didn’t show my jubilance
Being raised with a bully tends to squelch almost all excitement because all a bully needs to see is your unabated happiness to feel that you need to be brought back down big time. So, I fairly early on began to stop showing my feelings of great joy and excitement. It was a way I kept myself safe. I believe many of us tend to squelch our joy to feel safe.
Self-love raised my jubilance back to the surface.
I will say that once I found my self-love again, I began to ignite my jubilance. Why did my friend who got the job and the raise not jump for joy? Because he was lacking in self-love. Jubilance is a feeling we all need to embrace once again. Feeling great joy or happiness is not to be only for the young but for all of us. When we are joyful, excited, and rejoiceful – we naturally call more of those energies into our lives. Who in the world would not want more joy in their lives? This is why jubilance is an inspiration – To be joyful because we love ourselves once again and to be jubilant because we know we are lovable, loving, and loved.
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For more on self-love, check out my books The Heart Of The Matter and How Learning To Say Goodbye Taught Me How To Live.
Until next time, be the light the world needs and have a love for all.