A Poem About Joy

I came across this lovely poem about joy and had to share it:

When you finally realize

that joy is less fireworks, 

more firefly, less orchestra,

more birdsong; she will come

back much more often.

For joy will not fight with 

the fast pace of this life; 

she dallies not in the shiny 

or the new. She breathes in 

the basic, shimmers in the simple

and dances in the daily to and fro.

- Donna Ashworth

As the busy season of Christmas is approaching, let us set the intention to seek joy. To find it in the twinkling lights, the smell of the Christmas tree, the silent prayers for peace.