Come Joy

For many years I have believed that, no matter how wonderful… or how dire… occasions may be, the divine element of joy is always present… hard to find at times, but present, and I have had many occasions to test this idea. Just within the last couple of years, I have experienced several sad losses and, at times, could not seem to find a speck of joy anywhere. Then I simply “called” on joy, called it out, and then, even as a tiny sparkle, I felt it. Very quiet, very unassuming, yet it was there.

We have it in us...

I write this to assure us that we have it in us to taste joy, no matter how difficult or sorrowful the occasion, and it is greatly worth the effort to draw our attentions together and call out joy, especially when it seems nowhere to be found. If we are truly “spiritual beings living a human life,” as Wayne Dyer used to say, then we can expect joy to show up anywhere if we but make the move to allow it.

Joy is never far behind...

Actually I think that there is a form of redemption in us whenever we remember that, no matter what comes or goes, joy is never far behind. It may be in the soft hand of comfort offered by someone who cares for us. It may be in the right word spoken. Yes, joy is present. We simply need to be open to it.

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