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THE
JOYGRAM™
from Peggy Joyce, PCC, The Joy Coach™
Volume 1, Number 1, August 1, 2002
Circulation: Ever-Growing
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Notice:
I reserve the right to change my perceptions as well as my weight
and hair color. What you can count on is openness, an unabashed
belief in a beneficent Creator, and the ability to see another point
of view. Dialogue is encouraged.
Nobody
is incapable of being joyful.
The qualifications, expectations, and limitations we put on experience
keep us from noticing it. Joy is always there; often we aren't.
We are caught up in our personalities, fears, judgments, complaints,
blames and excuses.
Joy
is a required element for lasting satisfaction, fulfillment and
success. Joy is NOT a by-product of those experiences. Joy is a
predecessor. In fact, it's a powerful precipitator.
In
analogy, can you imagine That Which brought forth cardinals, dancing
dolphins, and fields of golden sunflowers having said "I'm aggrieved
today. I think I'll create something."? (God is purported to talk
like that.)
Joy
is in courage. It's in grief. It's the prime ingredient in love.
It's in the willingness to risk, in vulnerability and honesty. Admitting
a mistake and making amends contain components of joy. It sweetens
the celebration of birth, and, yes, of death. It lurks behind anger,
willing to suddenly burst forth at the complete absurdity of it
all. Joy is the basic element of life. It IS Life.
An
inquiry for you to ponder: What am I enJOYing most about my biggest
complaint, pain or excuse?
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2002, Peggy Joyce. All rights reserved. The JoyGram may be distributed
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