Dear Joyful Girl,
Joy is good. Did you know there is a difference between happiness and joy? This anonymous quote describes it perfectly:
“Joy is untouched by circumstance.”
You see, happiness is sometimes fleeting. Joy is a state of mind – that no matter what happens, no matter how much we had planned on a different outcome, that we will always center our lives on what is RIGHT rather than what is WRONG. We will trust the moment and the unexpected gifts that every moment holds — even the scary, strange, and unexpectedly difficult moments. Especially those moments actually…..
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Ahh thank you Kathy for this lovely message!
What a lovely contrast you bring us, its true, we create our own joy and happiness and its always here with us if we care to look around us and listen to the quiet voice within as you’ve kindly reminded us all.
Actually thinking of it, the best time to put this in practice is everyday of course, but especially when we are challenged, we can easily forget when we are caught up in drama’s but this is when the test kicks, I always ask myself this question each time, i am having a particularly difficult moment, why in this moment am I not grateful or joyful, just because this little wave of a different feeling is passing by, this is a strong voice that reminds me, to ask myself, how can I be grateful for this moment, now, what is it showing, teaching or reflecting to me? And I always get a lesson, an answer and do feel so very relieved that every difficult moment teaches us something valuable if we care to use our minds properly within those moments, you have to be very alert though.
I love the picture that goes with this post as well… I wish you all a good and safe bonfire night!
Lots of love to you all!