subject: The Challenge Of Living With Joy [print this page] Living with joy is not as easy as it sounds sometimes. When things appear to be going against our will we tend to experience this as pain, suffering, or that we're having a bad day. The first step to create a life full or is to recognize the fact that we're in control of our feelings and decide whether to live in joy or in fear.
We need to be able to see certain things and situations in a more positive way. Rather than be angry and upset over bad things and experiences, look at these as lessons in life that will help you become a better person and help you grow as an individual. We often think the world and reality is what's causing us to be unhappy. However it is the opposite that is true. It is us who create our day. We create the circumstances for joyous living.
The most important lesson is that "beingness" precedes experience. In order to be happy, we first need to "be happy" inside and this internal happiness radiates outward through every cell of our bodies and creates the outer experience of a smile, or a laugh, or an intimate connection between two people. We can manifest an outer reality based on who we really are through our dreams, feelings, goals, and desires.
Love, anger, joy, and fear are experienced in the reality we've created. Because we have the ability, the free will, to choose our reality, we can make that conscious choice to try to just be happier, more grateful, and more sensitive. But if you're looking outside yourself, then this happiness will never come. Because, what we just learned is that in order to be happy we have to have the internal feeling of happiness to then create that happiness in our daily lives. Remember that your beliefs about reality create your experience of it.
Look inside yourself and change those negative aspects into positive ones. Changing ourselves inside out is a great thing to do and we'll even see the universe responding to us in positive ways. You already have the ability to start manifesting your dreams and goals. Don't be afraid to live your life in joy.
