Joy

So... about a year ago I set an intention because I had read how helpful it is. I sat with what I wanted in my life when a single word popped up, Joy. So, indeed I set my intention for joy & you know what? Joy has appeared within me & all around me. Honestly, after I set the intention I somewhat forgot about it, but when someone from Compendium sent me a message saying I had won their latest book I remembered the intention I set. I respond to Compendium's posts & questions frequently & so I don't recall that I had "entered" into a contest of theirs. I was so shocked & happy to win one of their books, but here's the amazing thing. Guess what the title of their book was called? Joy. 


Now is that an accident, just some random fluke? I don't think so. I think we grow what we want in our life with our focus and our intentions. Some of the joy this past year has been easy & lovely like my free book from Compendium, but also equally I've really had to commit myself to Joy as well. But, I realized that joy isn't some accident, that it's an opening & an honoring. There were some not so fun parts of this past year as well & I felt the urge to be mad & rage, but then there was some deeper & calmer & wiser part of myself that told me  I had a choice. And I understood that joy is a choice. And by committing to that choice all sorts of wonderful openings in our life happen.