J.O.Y.

Happiness was my go-to place, but I realized I only went there when things were going well, and it made me feel good. My happiness depended on the things happening around me; if those things weren’t happy, neither was I.

That’s when I realized that I was letting events around me dictate my life, and I couldn’t sustain that way of living, so I decided to operate in “JOY” instead; no matter what my day may bring, I wouldn’t let it steal my joy. I refused to give life and difficult situations that much power over me again.

 

J- Jubilant moments that make my heart sing.

O – Overcoming obstacles with a positive spirit.

Y – Yearning for peace in every little thing.

 

Yes, I have moments when I don’t want to get out of bed, when I want to scream into the void I sometimes feel, and when I want to quit and walk away from everything that doesn’t go my way, but with this newfound “Joy,” I don’t let these things dictate my life anymore.

Joy is the word I choose to radiate towards no matter what season of my life I may be enduring. Those circumstances no longer have the power to make me feel down on life. Yes, bad things happen to all of us, but I won’t allow it to shape me into a broken person who blames the things happening around me on the reason I act the way I do, and I pray you don’t let those moments shape you in that way either.