Every morning when I wake up, I want to be full of love, joy, and excitement.  I believe that the Universe gives people what they ask for, and this is exactly what I want–total joy, passion, and love for being alive every single day of my life. 

I realize that not every one feels this way.  I shared this thought with someone once and they responded that they thought it was impossible.   But is it really?  Or does it seem impossible because we are making it so? 

One thing I know is that I am a spirit being created from a Creator that is full of joy and therefore, SO AM I!  THe earth is lower than our spirit home in every way, especially vibrationally.  Our spirits have slowed down their vibration in ordedr to enter physical bodies.  This was ne cessary so that we could have a physical expedrience, however, in doing so, we have forgotten many of our inherent spirit qualities, like JOY, that are ready to be be awakened within us if we are to return to our God-selves.

There are many ways that we can learn and grow.  ‘Struggle’ is the way of our conditioning, but it does not have to be.  I believe that learning occurs continually in the spiritual realm and I have to believe that as angels and other evolved spirits learn, it does not require create pain and struggle for them to do so.  Then why not me?  I have wondered.  Why can’t my greatest learning come through being tutoring by God and Spirit and through joyful experiences instead of painful experiences?  

“There will always be the contrast of pain and hardship available to us. The old belief has been, I am learning and growing through adversity. The new belief can be, I am learning and growing through joy. The question to ask yourself now is, How much joy can you hold, and how long can you hold it?“(Remembering Wholeness, 116)

How much JOY can I hold is a question I have asked myself.  As I have meditated on joy, I have found that I possess physical and mental blocks to it.  When I spent time focusing on the blocks and dismissing them, I felt my spirit opening up and having more room inside for joy, enthusiasm and passion for life than ever before.

This week I took my spinning class on a “JOY RIDE.”  We listened to Natasha Bedingfield’s song, Happy, and visualized that we were biking along the coast.  We left every thing that had bothered or stressed us out at home and were there to experience one thing: JOY.  Every time our feet turned we were calling more and more joy, passion, and love for life to us.   We literally felt a change in our environment and some class members even commented on it.  It occurred to me that just like love, there is no shortage of joy, happiness and enthusiasm in being alive.  There is just a lack of ability to perceive it and connect because of our past conditioning.  I believe it is possible that even in times of grief or transition, we can still be connected to a thread of peace and appreciation for all aspects of our life experience.

We can each wake up from the slumber of struggle and choose to higher, spirit-driven, ways of learning and evolving.  The question is no longer, Can life be joyful?  The question is, How much JOY can you hold?   You cannot receive what you do not have room for.   The wider you open your arms, the more you will have.