The Secret to Great Joy

April 8, 2021

The secret to great joy is to allow God’s wonders to instil His joy deep into your soul! We pass by trees and shrubs and flowers every day. Do we notice them? Do we stop to experience joy with them? Do we talk to them? Do we listen to them? Are we inspired by their majestic clothing, their royal colours, their beautiful veining, their tender stems that yet support, those stripes and spots and pollen and nectar? Are we paying attention?

Go for a ramble as a child would, take your time, wander away, follow your nose, your eyes, your ears, feel with your cheek, your arms, your fingers, your toes…oh remember to feel with your toes! Listen. What do you hear? It does not matter what it is – don’t try to label it – enjoy it, it is a gift, that is all you need to know. Spend five minutes, ten minutes, thirty minutes, noticing the gifts surrounding you in the natural world. Reflect on this time, journal about it, what did you enJOY the most? What touches your soul? Is it a smell, a colour, a sound? Acknowledge it, thank God for it, continue to experience wonder for it. Say hello, and plan to say hello to it again tomorrow. Enrich its life and let it enrich yours. This is the gift of today, the secret to great joy today, and every day. Be open to new experiences, to letting the wonders of our natural world enrich yours. You are rich, you just have to see your world and your life with new eyes, new ears, a new nose and a new, more grateful heart! There is always something to be grateful for, in the hardest of times there is always something to be grateful for!

The secret to great joy is letting the joy that is already in the world into our heart!

Make it a great day, for you, and for those you meet on your Journey of Joy!

With love,

Velvet

Living Life with More Joy!