Finding Joy

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, February 10, 2008

The lightest touch can bless us,
the smallest smile;
I have found as much joy in
the subtle hill across the way
as from any Everests I have climbed.

Joy awaits our approach,
our eager apprehension.
But for joy to live in us
we must be engaged with life,
and fully open our hearts to joy.

That means keeping the fire
of Spirit burning in our hearts;
it means making a place at our hearth
for Joy to abide
at the very center of our existence.

So, kindle the fires of joy within your beings:
let them burn; pour over them
the living fuel of your love,
your wonder, and your faith;
kindle them until the fires cascade,
and make light and warm your entire world.

Let the fire burn full and fierce and free
and it will light the way to a heaven
more wondrous than you
could ever know; a heaven there,
waiting, in the simple, daily joys
you have before you now in this holy moment.

jbs
5/6/03 - 3/19/06 - 2/10/08

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