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every moment there is joy. If you are ready to find it, you can find it, and if you aren't ready, you can't. No matter how frustrating or sad your situation may be, you can choose to raise your thoughts. There are certain grieving processes one goes through when someone dies, or when one feels betrayed, but when you are ready to be in high spirits, it is possible. The problem is helping yourselves to want to have joy. Sometimes people are so "happy to be sad." You can only tie into joy when you are ready for it. Joy doesn't seek you out. You have the responsibility to find and embrace joy. It's easy to have joy everyday. The more you focus on it, the more of those beautiful moments you will experience. The following are ways to have joy everyday day. How many moments of joy will have in a given day depends upon you.
1- ANALYZE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW
There is a great key to help you become aware of where you are emotionally. If you determine that you are below the line (imagine a line - above the line is everything light, good, joyful, loving, confident, peaceful, and beautiful. Below the line is everything dark, evil, hateful, ugly, guilt filled, angry, depressed, frustrated, annoyed, cynical, lonely, doubtful and fearful), you can do something about it. Just notice the feeling; anger, resentment, frustration, guilt, etc. Don't focus on it; just spend enough time to realize that you need to move up. The emotional environment is the place where we can practice our "millennial" lives.
2- REACH FOR ANY POSITIVE THOUGHT THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
Stop dwelling on how you feel about your negative emotion, and begin to kick out the downbeat thought and flip it up to something good. Think thoughts that are attached to good emotions. It can be a trivial childhood memory, or something that you would like to experience and know that you would enjoy. FEEL yourself doing it and loving it.
3- FEEL "AT-ONE" WITH GOD
As you begin FEELING GOOD and connecting with the Lord, let go of your ego, and do what it takes to LOVE YOURSELF; respect yourself, forgive yourself, and serve others until you FEEL loved by the Lord. Align with Him and feel His mind and will for you.
4- SOMETHING WONDERFUL
Imagine something wonderful is coming your way. Could there be something special in the mail? Will it be a phone call? Will you meet someone who will change your life; a kindred spirit perhaps? Just hold on to that FEELING that something wonderful is coming especially for you and it's just around the corner, What could it be?
5 - SEVERE APPRECIATION
The thing that can propel us above the line and keep us there the longest is SEVERE APPRECIATION. When we focus on what we love and FEEL grateful for, it makes a literal change in us, and we rise. Who are we grateful too - if not God? It's built in. As we feel appreciation, we are feeling God's love, because He has given all the things we are thankful for. When we feel good, we feel Him.
6- MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK OF MIRACLES
Included in your Book of Miracles, should be the scriptures that "standout on the page' as you read them. Include the impressions that come to you as you read them that particular day. It may not be scriptures. It may be something else you are reading. Sometimes the spirit teaches you additional things to the written word on the page. Those impressions are for us to take note.
As you do this, you will notice spiritual patterns, coming to you that are enhanced with other spiritual experiences more real or valid. Write it all down. When you are in a lower or slower frequency, pick up the book, it will help you remember all the beautiful things the Lord has done for you, the miracles you have witnessed. It will lift you up. It will help you to "always remember Him."
("Thinking Above The Line" - Anne Hinton Pratt)
