If someone had told me years ago that joy was our natural state of being, and I was able to really understand it, I believe that my life would have been happier, more abundant, more peaceful and more filled with love.

But you see, I believed that a joyful existence was only possible if you were born into the ‘right’ family, had the ‘right’ upbringing and even the ‘right’ genes.

Boy was I wrong!

You see, joy is a conscious choice.

I have since learned that joy is an energy that arises spontaneously from within and when you feel the joy arising in this way, it is unmistakable. It is something that you bring, not something that happens to you.

The absence of joy comes from a failure to deal with negative thoughts and emotions which is, in my opinion, the only worthwhile work. In dispelling the darkness of negativity, your natural essence, which is joy, can arise.

When you let negative thoughts and emotions rule your beingness, then there is no room for joy in your life.

But if you could just understand that negative thoughts and emotions are created within you, and start with your focus, then suddenly you have regained the most powerful potential in the Universe.

A choice you make every day and the only choice that matters.

Do whatever it takes to erase the negative thoughts and emotions that come as a result of living your life and choose joy.

By being the embodiment of joy, you change your vibration and good things start to come to you.

By embracing joy and being conscious of your choice to embrace joy over every other emotion, you become a beacon for joyful things.

No matter what life throws at you – choose joy.

No matter how hard it is to get out of bed in the morning to go to a job you hate – choose joy.

No matter how difficult and unloving your partner is to you – choose joy.

No matter how many responsibilities threaten to overwhelm you – choose joy.

No matter how bad your health is – choose joy.

No matter how miserable you tell yourself you are – choose joy.