IF YOU CAN PRACTICE, YOU CAN WIN!!!

Thinking deeply about what to write on this week, I came to the conclusion that we all need to practice being joyful. Let us take a walk to the dictionary. The definition of joy is to experience great pleasure or delight. Sometimes joy is not about what happened or what did not happen, it is a state of mind. As human beings we need to ensure that we experience great pleasure and delight AT ALL TIMES. This emphasis is important because joy should not be conditional.

This year, I want to advice that we all (myself inclusive) make conscious efforts to remain joyful no matter the situation that happens around us or that happens to us.  Is it going to be easy? Not exactly! But is it possible? Yes, very possible! However, for it to be possible we have to be extremely determined and we have to be careful not to allow anything whether minute or great, take this exercise from us. We shouldn't give room for sadness or trials to take over our lives. We are greater than animals how much more problems?

We are in the month of January which implies that we have just began the year. If we can begin  this year with the attitude of joy by constant practice, this same attitude would remain with us all through the year and all through our lives. It means that instead of weeping over circumstances, we rejoice! Instead of murmuring, we are grateful! Instead of frowning, we smile with hope. We can have this attitude! It is very possible! If we can practice anything, we can succeed in that thing. If we can practice joy, we can win all situations by God's grace.

The reason this is important is that everyone gets used to something they do constantly. When a person decides to go to the gym, the first few days are really hard and painful but his/her body after sometime adjusts to it and then s/he can be called an expert. It is the same with a new job. You might struggle at the beginning but sooner than you expect, you get used to it. In all of these you make a conscious effort by putting in more efforts so that you become better at what you do.

Joy or being joyful can be achieved in the same manner as described above. What this means is that if you constantly practice being joyful, you will get used to it and it would become your default mode. Being joyful does not mean that you won't have tough times. It only means that your reaction to those hard or tough times, would be different from what it used to be. 

We all can achieve this! We can work towards being so joyful that we do not have to live with regrets, disappointments, failures etc. We can make the decision to be joyful even when a circumstance requires us to be sad or to feel dejected.

Thanks a lot for stopping by. This year is a joyful one for us all in Jesus name. Amen!

OneLove,

SomzyBrown.