Find the joy in your life
For those of you that know me well, I’m not an “everything happens for a reason” kind of gal. No shade to folks that believe that it’s just not my world view.
But, what I do believe is that you choose, especially when you’re walking through hard times, to know that joy still exists (even if you can’t feel it right now). To believe that pain, no matter how hard and intense it feels, won’t last forever. And, to accept that no matter how dark things look, the sun will absolutely rise tomorrow.
This choice, this outlook, this belief system is something that has gotten me through many a tough seasons in my life and it’s what is helping me right now as I work with couples who are feeling the intensity of the world on their relationship.
This choice doesn’t negate the hard time you’re walking through, it simply allows it to be a season, not a permanent state. It’s also a choice that requires some effort. Because you can’t believe that joy still exists, even when things are hard, and not put some energy into looking for it.
And that is my encouragement to you this week…
To remind you that…
Joy is all around you…
Can you challenge yourself to find some? Not as a way to minimize the hard stuff you’re walking through, but to acknowledge that joy can still exist and it may be closer than you think... waiting to be found in the darkest of hours.
Take a few moments today…this week...and look around you to see the joy. Seek it. Relish in it. Be grateful for it.
Sending you light and love my friends.
Warmly,
-A