*Joy*

Waiting for a particular turn of events is a good way to lead yourself into disappointment. Depending on anyone to make you happy, make you feel good, or lift your spirit is a sure way to place yourself in isolation. When your joy is dependent on people and conditions, it is restricted.

Joy must spring forth from you before it can surround you. Joy must be the way you walk and the way you speak to those who come into your realm. Joy is knowing you are doing what you can, the best you can, and you are feeling good about it. Joy is knowing time is on your side and wherever you are, you are the joy. Joy is taking a moment to say thank you, a day to do for self, and an energy of sharing what you have.

Joy is not what happens to you, it is what comes through you when you are conscious of the blessing you are.

I am the source of joy.

- Iyanla Vanzant, from “One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength”