Search Out Joy

This week in most newspapers we got the latest scoop on Tiger Woods , great athlete that he is ., during a time where many self employed Americans are struggling to pay for health insurance , record numbers of people are still out of work , the people in Hati are struggling and we are fed Tiger Woods Drama, as though it matters to most people: In my opinion This has a message for all of us :

SEARCH OUT JOY

Never mind pleasure. Search out Joy. Pleasure is it's shadow. But joy is real , a secret splendor running through all creation.

Like gold , it doesn't lie about the streets waiting to be picked up. It has to be dug for , with diligence and passion. It's in people , to be found through the practice of love. It's in work , in the rigorous exercise of powers of mind or body or spirit , It's a gift the created world is perpetually offering ; the price of it is untiring attention to the present moment. It is to be found always and only in the contemplation of reality.

Hunt it down , pursue it , track it to it's lair where it dwells . Not in pleasures and pastimes , distractions , piled - up satisfactions and busyness . It dwells in truth , and nowhere else.

Thats why it matters . It will show you moment by moment where truth is for you. And when you know that , cleave to it , turn not aside , be given up to that. That , if you will , is a way worth living .

Fae Malania

To be able to find Joy in our day to day activities , and even spread it around abit , that may not sell newspapers or provide the backdrop for the news , everyday it becomes easier to slide into the crap trap that so much of the media feeds us 24 hours a day , just like crap food each of us can make the decision to buy in , - or not , I say spread joy