{"id":3592,"date":"2020-05-11T11:59:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T11:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakinguprevolution.com\/?p=3592"},"modified":"2020-05-11T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T11:59:16","slug":"joy-can-heal-the-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/joy-can-heal-the-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Can Heal The Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.98&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;7px|0px|20px|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.98&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.13&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cYour song brought me so much joy\u201d was the most common comment for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qP9HNVyBmAY\">\u201cHajde da ludujemo 2020 &#8211; Tajci &amp; Friends\u201d<\/a> video that we released last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cYour song brought me so much joy and I don\u2019t even speak the language\u201d was the second most common.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The video was shared on all major TV channels, radio stations and websites in all former YU states. It was picked up by many Eurovision sites and shared on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>I\u2019ve been beaming with gratitude the entire week!<\/strong> It\u2019s an incredible gift, honor, and privilege to be a part of creating a little bit of joy &#8211; especially during a time in history when there is so much fear, uncertainty, devastation, and sadness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And the wonderful singers and musicians who are a part of this video are all amazing, famous performers (in order of appearance): Alka Vuica, Tijana Dapcevic, Ivana Husar Mlinac, Marija Husar, Sanya Mateyas, Mia Dim\u0161i\u0107, The Frajle, Domenica \u017duvela, and musicians David Langley, Tony Miracle, Dan &#8220;Chimy&#8221; Chmielinski, and Mario Mirkovi\u0107.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am especially excited that Kristina Kuzmic joined us too &#8211; she is a YouTuber (with over 1 billion views), blogger, author\/comedian and winner of Oprah&#8217;s Search for the Next TV Star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s a beautiful collaboration of amazing people that will keep creating joy for viewers (we have over 24K views and counting). <strong>Click <\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qP9HNVyBmAY\">watch it<\/a> &amp; share it with friends \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qP9HNVyBmAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But here is the thing:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #745e9f;\">There was a time when having joy in difficult times felt wrong.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the signs of the first fuzzy feelings that Joy usually brings, I would stop myself and retreat into sadness. Somehow, <strong>staying in sadness felt safer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And that didn\u2019t help anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It didn\u2019t alleviate the suffering. It only added my judgment to the voices that taught me that chasing after a butterfly at a funeral &#8211; or smiling at a baby in the church during the sacred moments &#8211; was wrong. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Staying stuck in emotional pain and resisting to break its grip only makes the difficult times last longer<\/strong> and it makes them harder to overcome (for us and the people around us).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In one of the interviews I did this past week, I was asked what the most difficult moments in my life were. My answer was that the passing of my husband was difficult, but there was the Love, and hope and determination to keep going and to be strong for my sons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But the truly most difficult moments were during my depression and anxiety, when I\u2019d wake up and not want to get out of bed. When I was scared to live and laugh. And when making myself take a shower or putting on clothes felt like climbing Mt. Everrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The butterflies and babies and the Joy they bring are like cracks through which Grace penetrates the darkness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And because these cracks can be the silliest and the simplest little things, it\u2019s easy to misinterpret them, ignore them, or even cover them up instead of allowing Grace to fill us up and heal our pain.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each one of us can create these proverbial cracks for each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes it could be a smile, a loaf of homemade bread, or a hug (but not right now). Or, it can be a song \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This week, as I sat in my office waiting to be patched into the evening news in Croatia, I thought about how good it felt to be free of the ear of judgment, to open up my heart wide and to create something out of a pure desire to put a smile on someone\u2019s face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hey, I just released a video in which I\u2019m wearing a dress that I wore 30 years ago, which clearly doesn\u2019t fit me anymore (I even turn around in the last scene to show it doesn\u2019t fit) without an ounce of worry about what the tabloids might say. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It made me laugh and I hoped someone else might find it funny and freeing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Right now, there is a lot of fear, uncertainty, devastation and sadness in our world.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #745e9f;\">We need hope.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Love brings hope. Kindness and compassion bring hope. And so does Joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And, music can be a vehicle for all of those as well!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let\u2019s do more of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And if you&#8217;re currently healing and struggling with fear and guilt &#8211; it&#8217;s ok. Be kind and patient with yourself. There is no timeline for the healing process, just do your best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Perhaps today, give yourself permission to chase the butterflies, and awaken the child within &#8211; it will find Joy and all the cracks through which the Light and the Grace are already coming in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And then watch our video and dance to it \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.13&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Euphoria Script||||||||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2527 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wakinguprevolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-300x8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-300x8.png 300w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-1024x28.png 1024w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-768x21.png 768w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-1536x43.png 1536w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-1080x30.png 1080w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-1280x36.png 1280w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-980x27.png 980w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-480x13.png 480w, http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; 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