Pause.

You could not stop it
if you tried—how this blessing
begins to sing
every time it sees
your face, how it turns itself
in wonder
merely at the mention
of your name. It is simply
how joy works, going out to you
when you least expect, running up to meet you
when you had not thought
to ask.

Jan Richardson. “How Joy Works.”

 

The potential for Holy Joy is ever within us. . .
Joy is a healing balm that awakens us to our innate wholeness and holiness. May we each cultivate and activate the seeds of joy gestating in our own unique heart-garden of silence.

Nan Merrill. Friendsofsilence.net, December 2005.