delighting in joy......I hope to anyway!

Have you found joy in your life?

 Has your life brought joy to others? 

FROM THE MOVIE THE BUCKET LIST

JOY

what is it?

Have we found it?

Do we share it?

Joy:  the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation:

Have you seen it?

it peers at us from behind all the stuff we lay on top of it,

business, rushing, caring, working,

shopping, cooking, cleaning...

layer upon layer

cover it

it lies juxtapositioned between fear,grief and happiness

peering out it's gleeful head

waiting for an invitation to

share in the delight of life.

I find

that I have a fear of experiencing it

want to relish it when it enters my body

and hold on to it with all my might

I am afraid

that it will leave

afraid she won't come again to see me

afraid it will be the last time

I see her

and

so

I cling to her so hard...

that

I really can't feel her...

If you have ever watched a baby

find their laugh,

it doesn't take much,

just a trusting fall into the richness of it....

a small upturn of our lips,

and

suddenly

without rhyme or reason

it becomes contagious...

joy that is...

and

before we know

we find ourselves laughing just as hard

as the small baby who delights in life

over the smallest thing.

all my life...

I've held on too tight to it..

held back from experiencing it..

don't know why it scares me...

don't know why

I am always afraid

it won't come again

why I always wait for the

proverbial ax chop

or

the rain on my parade.

This season,

during the rush,

my aim is to find IT...

joy...

delight

laughter

happiness..

and

do so with open hands.

I'm not sure I've ever done it before....

let joy happen

literature tells us

our Creator delights in us...

what a wonderful image...

now why can't I learn to delight

in

the

gift of life...

I'm going to try...

really try

that is..

to hold her gently,

feel her deeply,

relish my moment,

and

experience

JOY!!!!

once I find it

if I don't hold it

I can share it.....

hope you will too.

Where did you find it today?