A Soulful of Joy

‘It just feels like Joy’

Said my line manager to me early in the year, around January time, in the midst of a conversation we were having, she had ‘walked’ with me through the back end of last year.

And as she said it, I smiled even bigger, and deeper.

And she smiled back.

Joy

And it’s been the word of the week for me this week.

Joy.

Joy feels light

Joy dances

Joy emanates from being

Joy runs in the grasses and doesn’t care about the muddy shoes

Joy splashes in the puddles

Joy plays in wonder

Joy Joy Joy

Universal Joy

Joy attracts Joy

Joy radiates Joy

But what if

What if, Joy all along

What if I can now believe.. the truth

That God might delight in me

That God looks with joy in his soul

At my soul filled with Joy

And there is wonder in being?

May you learn to see yourself,

with the same delight,

pride and expectation

with which God sees you in every moment

(John O Donohue, Anam Cara)

God looks at you too.. believe his Joy for you

Joy, full aliveness

Wonder, bliss and love

Where shadows have been loved

And nothing scary lurks from within

Childlike Joy

Joy becomes, beyond definition

beyond picture or image

or explanation

Its felt

Trust it.

Trust Joy.

Joy longs for you, waits for you

Joy feels home

Heart smiling, beaming, dancing

to the tune of freedom, love and peace

Joy bubbles

Joy giggles

Joy abounds

Joy plays.

Joy gives, abundant and free… just receive it

Joy loves lightly

Joy lights in multi sensory colour, like a million fireflies, in a iridescent cave under rainbow skies

Joy finds us when we least expect it, but can’t be searched for

Joy, a gift, a treasure, awakened from the deep

When a soul smiles, at the joy of another

Joy, indescribable, beyond these words

Beyond any words

In the space between words, and worlds

Transcendental, Joy, the air floating to a higher plane

The wonder of life in all its dimensions

The Joy of being, alive

The Joy of being, loved

The Joy of being, seen

The Joy of being

Joy, Joy, Joy