Sometimes life makes us forget that living is not all about running around all day from one point to another trying to solve things. As you surely noticed, some situations has some “joyfulness” potential while others don’t have it. But how many of those joyful moments or situations do you have on a daily basis?
What’s the purpose of all of this? How much crap do we endure on a daily basis just because we think we have to? The difference between living and surviving is how good we feel about our life. Problems are everywhere and because of this, we are everywhere but where we want to be. Whoever is in control must not forget that we need some positive feelings too, otherwise life sucks.
There are times when “joy” seems to be the forbidden food, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be there. It’s just a matter of time.
What is life without joy?
Life without joy is misery
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Unfortunately, yes.
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Reality often doesn’t match fantasy. And I am a heck of a lot meaner to myself than anyone else, thinking I could find some joy making fun of my negative things going on. Now that I’m consious of that, maybe I can figure out how to find joy out of positive things?
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If you can find joy by making fun of your negative things, you can find joy everywhere. I often make fun of my negative things, so it’s possible.
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Whatever we do, we all do to be joyful but we don’t realise we have a limited time
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The good thing is that joy is everywhere. The bad thing is that we don’t see it.
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Absolutely!!!
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“What is life without joy?”
A dead life
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Sad, but true…
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I’m always skeptical when rich people go on video to lecture the rest of us on what happiness and joy is. It usually means they’re trying to sell something.
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I guess it depends on the industry they’re in.
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The constant suppression of joy… not a healthy thing. To a degree we are taught that if we are joyful for too long 1) something is about to go very wrong 2) only the ignorant are happy.
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Interesting. Basically, we’re thought to expect shit even when it’s not the case and if we don’t do it, we’re ignorant.
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I try to treasure those small moments of joy. They appear more often when you allow yourself the acceptance of such gifts – and a life without joy is just not living.
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Yes! And the small moments of joy add up and create a joyful life 🙂
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joy exists within the intentioned breath of every living thing. as the tree breathes in, she exhales joy. it is her nature to adapt to the season, and whether filled with fruit or famine, she breathes in alignment with her seasons and never loses her joy.
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I agree with that. Maybe for people, that joy is not being recognized anymore? We ignore it as we ignore our breathing?
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breathing, i think in part, yes, the manifestations. the baby that laughs does not recognize it as joy, likewise, the baby that cries does not recognize it as need. the baby is simply in joy and the baby is simply in need. only adults search for the joy, remain silent in the need and freeze grief in the breath.
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Reblogged this on The Perils of Improbable Potholes.
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Thank you again for your reblog! 😀
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Quite encouraging bro.Life really sucks……
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Well, yeah. There are parts that suck, but not all of it sucks. Now we either choose to see the sucky parts and dwell on them, or we choose to move forward despite them and see the good parts as well.
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Joy is different for each I am overjoyed by my own belief what is mine is mine
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True! Awesome! 😀
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I nominated you for the Leibster Award. Here is the link to my post:
https://carinesunsentletters.wordpress.com/2019/01/27/liebster-award-nomination-delayed-response/
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Thank you very much for your nomination!
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Some interesting thoughts. The older I get, I tend to think it’s happiness that comes and goes with circumstances. Joy is more of a direction that the spirit points. In the Bible, it is listed as a “fruit of the spirit” (a quality of life that doesn’t come naturally, only supernaturally). 🙂
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Yes! And I like to see happiness as a group of things that bring joy. Basically, happiness is a long series of joy 🙂
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