Joy For All Seasons

I've been thinking about Joy this Christmas. What brings you joy? True joy - not just the temporary high of the feeling of happiness... The joy that is deep and peaceful and brings refreshment to your soul. Sometimes that joy is elusive if we focus on the "feeling"... So, I've also been reading about feelings - the emotional part of us that can trick us into believing that we need to feel "happy". There are a lot of things that bring me "happiness"...but the feeling is often fleeting. The joy in my life - what I hold dear to my heart - never goes away. When I concentrate on the joy that I have - my husband, my Sammy, my neices, my family - creation that surrounds me - the amazing joy that comes from knowing the creator of the universe who was born to save us- I can find the strength and energy to share true joy with others and not be burdened with the temporary fact that there are days when I just have a hard time "feeling happy"!