From adversity into joy

A Year of Joy #14 – From adversity into joy

To move from adversity into joy, we have to create room for it.

A pause, a deep breath, gives us a moment.

From that moment, we decide where we want to go.

Do we return to the adversity, or do we make that moment an opportunity to pivot?

What do we create in that moment?

We have the opportunity over and over again until we choose joy.

That is the first tiny step to build a new foundation.

Over and over again, as we make the choice for joy, we create a stronger and larger foundation.

We collect many new experiences of joy until that becomes our constant choice.

Then we know we have learned how to conquer adversity.

Of course, the Universe wants us to expand even more, so we are given more challenges and more opportunities to increase our joy.

We become more confident in our joy.

We build ways to keep ourselves in a joyful state.

We discover ways to live naturally in joy.

We acquire a real respect for our new ability.

We know how important it is to practice joy in order to keep it around us.

We associate in joyful ways.

We stay as full of joy as possible.

We reflect in quietude when we need to refresh our joy.

We stayed tuned to joy.

We reject what is not joyful from our past.

We celebrate our newfound skills to practice joy.

Our joy overflows into our community.

We feel grateful to build a community through joy.

Inspired Practices