The Conquest of Joy

 

“Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments — but all of this is transitory it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken.”
― Paulo Coelho

 

Imagine a time when all the scars you wear on your being fade away because you have dealt fully with all the wounds that left them. Imagine that we have found the joy in every moment that we have lived and say “Yes that too was for a reason, that too brought me here.” Imagine that we  have come to the point where we are living the best version of every dream that we have ever had for ourselves and facing everything that comes our way with an equanimity that we never knew we possessed. Perhaps this all starts with the conquest of joy. I have always known that being happy and feeling  joy was a possible decision at almost any point but perhaps when we find that decision to be the harder one to make we can conquer joy and make it anyway. I’m willing to attempt those conquests. How about you?
Walk in beauty and live in Joy.
Blessings, G

 

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0 thoughts on “The Conquest of Joy”

  1. walk we must
    for joy with joy
    but never can we walk with pain
    we run or limp, as we fail , miss a step
    fall in the drain..regain balance walk again
    with hope, to last and see from far, where I had slipped
    and tripped and dipped, in dirt and hole
    Now, it is over, I reached my goal
    And in the journey, was rock and roll
    I want to start once more .. for my soul

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