"There are two vibrational streams around us. We can choose the lower one of struggling...or the higher one of joy. Joy is our natural state of being. It is what we are when we act in accordance with what is natural and truthful in us.
Some people object to feeling or expressing joy in the face of such conditional as war, crime, child abuse...is it right to feel joy when our brothers and sisters are suffering? The best way we can serve the world is to be in touch with our inner joy...when we are connected to this inner teacher, we know exactly what we must do. When we act from our center of joy, we serve humankind in the highest way possible.
We choose joy when we feel good about ourselves even though another puts us down. We expand our capacity for joy when we recognize the need for love in those who criticize us, when we let go of our self-doubt and self-criticism, when we accept new ideas, things, and people; when we let go of all expectation...."
-Peggy Jenkins, "The Joyful Child"
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