I too have believed this
That my joy resided in another
Whose kind words I sought
Warmth affection I desired
And many times I got otherwise
Loneliness filled my heart
Sadness ravaged my soul
Revenge erased my smile
I too have believed this
That my joy resided in an ambition
Which fulfillment left me tired
Drained and even penniless
And when I failed
Discouragement mocked my ability
Hesitation sat on my effort
Self pity killed my urge
I too have believed this
That my joy resided in a change
That denied me food and sleep
Scarred my knees in prayer
And when the change delayed
Doubt threatened my faith
Confusion shocked my trust
Frustration swallowed my hope
But now I see clearly and live such life no more knowing I have right to joy no matter what happens.
Life presents both joy and sadness no doubt. Too often we allow other people; situations and failures to rob our joy entirely. We have turned into sad faced people and worst we transferred our sadness and ill emotions to people around who don’t deserve it.
Relationships with husbands, wives, girl/boyfriends, sons, daughters, and so on will always produce hurt feelings through words, actions and indifference. Any wonder those you love hurt you most. Sometimes it is our expectations that hurt us most. But we have to the right to speak our minds, our feelings and more importantly to joy. To joy no matter what has being done or said to you. It might take time but you have the right to joy.
Failures are inevitable and sometimes our prayers don’t seem answered. Well I don’t have answers to that but I know that you just have to keep on keeping on and not give up. Patience and perseverance overcome great difficulties. And as Edison rightly said “I have not failed, I have just found a thousand ways that wouldn’t work”
Whenever anything happened in our lives, we have two options, either to allow what has happened to get to us and break us or we remain who we are and do something about what has happened.
Sometimes you have to include yourself in the people you love. You got to forgive not only people you hurt you but yourself too.
Finally and most importantly………..OUR JOY COMES FROM THE LORD. We should afford to leave the burden and aches right at His door steps and move on.
Kwabena Mankata (C) Copyright ~ 2011 All Rights Reserved
