Joy

   Joy is the expansive energy of dynamic well-being. It elates, makes your eyes shine, puts a spring in your step, makes your whole being radiant. It is intrinsically generous, relaxed and open. It comes when your emotional energy is free to react appropriately to the experiences you encounter.

   Think of the natural euphoria that you feel when you are dancing, running or performing any other physical activity, at the point when your whole body is moving on its own, effortlessly, naturally, like an animal’s?

   This kind of happiness can only occur when fear, anger and sadness are freely expressed.

   Joy is as important as the other emotions, and perhaps even more so. It cures, strengthens and restores confidence in what your inner life should be.

   When you experience joy, spontaneity comes of its own accord, and you no longer avoid the fear of the present by always wanting to be somewhere else, in another situation, in the past or an uncertain future.