Take Joy in It!

"There is one thought in particular that should be remembered throughout the day.  It is a thought of pure joy; a thought of peace; a thought of timeless release, limitless because all things are freed within it." -- A Course in Miracles; Manual for Teachers 16, 6:1-2

What brings you joy?  Nothing and no one.  Joy is a state of being, not linked to any form or referenced to anything.  Nothing brings us joy... we take joy with us wherever we go.  Taking joy in someone or something simply reminds us that Infinite Mind, Our True Self, is the Source and Substance of that Joy.

The freedom this brings us is limitless.  We're here to take joy in it!  Whatever it is!  We are the radiating center of the Presence of God... and Joy and Love and endless Bliss are ours to give, to share, to BE.

It amazes me how many of us think our life needs to adhere to certain guidelines for safety, for comfort, for practicality.  How much joy do we deny ourselves and others by setting limits on the Son of God?  Not that Joy isn't still present... but what we deny in ourselves, we deny in awareness and experience.  As ACIM puts it, "You can't HAVE what you're not willing to BE."  Having and Being are one and the same... it's all the One Infinite Mind in infinite manifestation.  Being is the reality... the apparent forms it takes in projection, as our world... the forms and possibilities are infinite.  We don't have to play it safe.  We can realize that when something appears in our lives that symbolizes joy, it's a shining symbol of Who We Are. 

This Valentine's Day, please don't turn away from the Joy that is your Self.  Let it flood your heart and mind and thus your life.  Take Joy in it!