Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful and depressing. What then brings the joy we so much desire? Are some people just lucky, while others have run out of luck? Strange as it may sound, we can choose joy. Two people can be part of the same event, but one may choose to live it quite differently than the other. One may choose to trust that what happened, painful as it may be, holds a promise. The other may choose despair and be destroyed by it.
What makes us human is precisely this freedom of choice.
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January 30, 2009 at 11:11 am
Karen Hopper
I choose JOY even in the midst of sorrow. There’s an old song we used to sing, I Hear Those Joy Bells Ringing. Your post has placed that song in my head and now my heart plans to sing it all day. Helen, have a blessed, JOYous day.
January 30, 2009 at 11:21 am
helenl
Thank you, Karen. I choose joy today, also.
January 31, 2009 at 1:44 am
writeathome
So true. I think a lot of people don’t realize that joy is a choice, and we don’t have to have everything going just great in our lives to have it. I choose joy today too.
January 31, 2009 at 9:58 am
helenl
Carol, I really feel sorry for people who choose to be miserable. Many don’t even know they are making that choice. They have no clue there is joy in sorrow.
February 5, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Jen
I choose JOY! Just thought I’d stop by, Helen. Hope you’re doing well!
February 5, 2009 at 7:18 pm
helenl
Hi Jen. Glad you dropped by. You know, I feel so sorry for people who don’t know they can choose joy. I’ll visit your blog in a while. Dinner’s almost ready.