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What if the ability to be joyful is like a muscle? The more we use it, the stronger it grows."
~Sue Schmidt
Friday, June 4, 2010
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"Wisdom, like the best of the honey, will be at the bottom."
Wisdom and truth can be found in the most unlikely or hard-to-reach places.
I like to find it, and share.
"Today I suddenly remember
Something my father said years ago
As we sat at our dinner table
When we were children:
'If I have a dollar
And you have a dollar
And we exchange those dollars
We still each have one dollar.
But if I have a thought
And you have a thought
And we exchange those thoughts
We each have two thoughts.'"
~Ruth Harms Calkin
The ability to be by joyful could indeed be a muscle. At times hard work or patience can be joyful, but not always pleasurable. Learning how to be joyful is a skill to be learned. Being joyful isn't simply a byproduct of pleasure.
ReplyDeleteBeing responsible for your own happiness is a hard idea to grasp because it conflicts with the reason behind why people sought 'idols of old'. Those people weren't irresponsible, they tried to satisfy the need for happiness and assurance about things they couldn't control through dedication to that idol. That was the best they knew how to do. Same goes for me today, without a proper guidance, timing, and order the pleasures that I seek would leave me very empty in the end, just like an idol.
Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the love of Jesus the ability to "know[ing] and choose[ing] what brings me joy" would leave me meaningless and hollow.