I love when my daughter Maddie sings "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart, down in my heart..." :) She repeats that chorus over and over, and it reminds me of how pure children are; they are so much closer than us to Joy because they have not yet been corrupted by the negative influences in life. So far she seems like a tough cookie, though. She seems like she could look straight into the eyes of Fear and say "Oh yeah, well God is bigger than the boogey man, he's bigger than Godzilla and the monster's on TV" (another one of her favorite songs :)
I hope that her disposition is in part due to her personality and her upbringing :)
Her innate sense of Joy is something to admire. And when she is in a fit of rage, that passes within minutes. She does not hold grudges. It really is amazing to witness.
I on the other hand have a hard time shedding the anger and bitterness when it comes on. Perhaps if I actually slowed down long enough to let the feeling pass, acknowledge what stirred it up and move on, I could get back to the Joy in my heart. It seems like the bitterness can become habitual (maybe worse than smoking).
The concept of the "quality" of our inner being has been everywhere for me in the last several days. Eckhart Tolle posted on Facebook: "
This idea of just "Being" is not supported very well at this stage in our human evolution. It seems like everywhere we look there is some source of media telling us how we should look, or how we should act or if you don't have this ______(fill in blank) then you will not be enough. Well the longer I live the more I realize that they are all LIES! And I say that with all the motherly love I have for our collective "teenager" consciousness :)
So how do we attempt to rise above all of the bombarding global media gone wild? JOY.
Abraham-Hicks, is one of the greatest sources of wisdom that I have discovered and they speak about Joy so simply: "
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