Joyful?

It is so totally refreshing to find someone who is cheerful and joyful despite the goings on of life. No one can control what happens every second of their life, but people do have the amazing ability to choose joy in their hearts.

No matter your religious beliefs, this is really a lifelong lesson that everyone would benefit from learning. How to choose joy, despite the doom and gloom and the naysayers that may surround us. It is a hard, hard thing to learn, even for those of us who are generally the "glass half-full" type. But, as I am personally on this path, I have found it necessary to surround myself with teachers who have found that inner joy and can express or explain this journey to others. When I find an article or a person who I believe is really on that path, I think it is important to share with everyone.

Here is a great website, it is written by a Christian, but you don't have to be at all religious or Christian to identify with what this woman has to say.

http://liveinjoy.blogspot.com/

Check it out, and check back more often to get your "daily dose" of joyfulness. It's contagious!

It can't be coicidence that many faiths and old Eastern principles profess that finding joy is the PURPOSE Of life. Why should one go through life without giving the whole purpose a fighting chance?

It doesn't mean that you have to be blind to things going on around you. But if you can accept things as they are, be joyful, and go about making the necessary changes, all of these "enlightened" authors say things will undoubtly be better, that things will start coming to you. And, I don't know about you, but I could use some of that!!! So I am on this journey. Want to discuss? Leave a comment!

Here are some other great reads on the subject:

The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman. Website: http://www.danmillman.com/

A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle. Website: http://eckharttolle.com/a_new_earth