Joy is the original feeling of being alive

You must understand, son, joy is not the goal, it is not the opposite of despair. Joy is the readiness to contain despair like a newborn, breathe through it, leave a place for it in your huge heart.

Joy is a repository in which nothing is stored. Joy is the original feeling of being alive, indestructible, aligned with the universe. Joy is unchanging, unshakable, closer than your next breath.

Joy cannot be stolen, cannot be acquired. Joy collects in its heart all the sorrows, disappointments, fears and dreams of the world.

The joy was there when you took your first step, fell to the ground, cried, and got up again, ready to move on.
Joy is like heaven.

Joy has no opposite.

Joy is you, naked and beautiful in your loneliness.

Don’t look for joy;
just remember
what is it you
alive.

Jeff Foster