WEEKEND OF MARCH 19-21, 2010

Hi Friends,

Living a joyful life is not an easy task. Fortunately, we are quire able to start living joyfully right at this moment, and in this moment. We start by finding the joy on a daily basis, look for something to be joyful about, look for something to be grateful for and look for something to just smile at.

Not to daunting a task I grant you. But one that appears to be without answer by virtue of the fact that few of us are able to live in this manner. it is not that we choose misery, sadness and a total lack of connection to our fellow beings. Nor is it due to a lack of desire to reach a higher level of spirituality. No I believe it is because we have somehow forgotten what it is like to be joyful and feel happiness. Yes, I know look at children, see how effortlessly they romp and play and exhibit all the joy and happiness possible in their little worlds. Ever wonder why? Ever wonder what in the world do these little people know that we oh so sophisticated beings don't?

Actually, this is a simple one, the answer is they have the book, or better put, they have the Handbook of Joy, a manual if you will that spells out what you need to know to live a fully functional, self actualized life of joy and happiness. So where is this book you speak of, in fact you are probably asking yourself, where is my book, did I ever have such a book, and if I had it and lost it, where do I get my copy back? Can I get it on Amazon, do I go to a used book store, or better yet, is it in my parents basement gathering decades of dust just waiting for the time that I really need it. And finally, why did I leave it, did I even read it, and if I did read it, why did I not learn the lessons it tried to impart to me?

So now we are getting somewhere. Where you are asking yourself are we getting. I don't feel anymore joy than when I got to this Blog. In fact, now I think I am feeling worse than I did a few moments ago. Or at least i think I feel worse, and even if I do not feel worse, I certainly don't feel any better. Well, you should feel better, in fact you should feel ecstatic because you now have within your reach, for the first time maybe, the very key to finding your joy and happiness, the key to a puzzle that has been vexing and in some cases down right impossible to not only understand, but before now, even understand.

So starting this evening, I will try my best to bring you clues and answers to your life's most puzzling questions, and in the most straight forward manner, give you a road map that you can embrace, follow, and at times adjust to your personal needs or even ignore, that I hope will help you find your way, your joy and happiness. I will endeavor to impart to you the information and material I have culled along my own journey to Joy and Happiness, and hope you will be the beneficiaries of this work. I suspect that much of what I will say will not be new, in fact I have tried to find nuggets of wisdom, snippets of information that will speed you on your way towards a life of fulfillment and enlightenment.

So here is my first suggestion for you, look for joy in your life, and if you can't seem to find it just yet, so what I did so many months ago, I start each morning by saying, " I have a choice today, this morning, and I choose joy!" This simple mantra is so simple and so right on the money. Try it for 30 days, yes everything takes just about 30 days to take hold. Then you will join this mantra with another, than another and still yet another. And before you know it, you will be writing your own handbook of joy, and by living this new life, looking for joy and happiness a funny thing happens. I think you know what I mean, it is amazing, when you start looking for happiness, how often you begin to find it. And once you start to find it here and there, you will find it everywhere as long as your eyes and heart are open. So for now begin to open your heart, your mind and your soul and let the joy in. Let it in every moment, every hour, every day. Just let it in........................

Have a joyful day,

Robb