Why do we rely so much on joy? Most of our daily life is joy free! Let’s face it, we get up, eat a quick breakfast, grab a cup of coffee and off we go for a 10 – 12 – 14-hour day depending on commuting time to work. And that’s if we don’t have to fly across the country for a corporate or client meeting. We never know what each day will bring in the way of joylessness.
So, how do we have a pain-free day? The answer is, we don’t. it is virtually impossible to go through the day in our world the way that we have created it, without suffering in some way, little or big, the suffering is always there.
And, we need to find joy to sustain us through these days to boost our spiritual journeys through our lives just to keep our feet firmly on the ground. We need joy for this spiritual ground-ness.
As Paul writes in Ecclesiastes “a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Psychologists will tell us that the pain that our wok gives us in our daily struggles is also the root for the joys in our lives. We must build on these roots.
The pain that brings us to struggle is also the root of joy. We have to build on these roots of joy to sustain our lives. And the simplest way is to follow our instincts. Man is a social animal. Go to lunch with a business associate. Do not talk about business. Talk about each other; share each other’s stories; be a visitor in another person’s life. Become part of the greater family of man.
Begin to feel a part of something greater than yourself and know that whatever tomorrow will bring is okay, because God knows.
©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.
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