The question that remains is, do we take our lemons and turn
them into lemonade or do we simply keep our lemons? My personal choice is to
take that lemonade and add a little strawberry, making it the best it possibly
can be. I believe that is what people do when they find joy. Joyful people are
those who can take something so difficult and still find light through the
darkness.
Soon after I got married, tragedy struck when I had a
horrible miscarriage. It was my first time being pregnant. I didn’t want to
recognize the truth; my baby was dead. Instead of blaming myself for the rest
of my life, I became a seeker of joy. The key to finding joy is discovering
“the prospect of possessing what one desires,” as defined in Merriam Webster
Dictionary. I chose to take hold of the opportunities around me. To find joy
became my ultimate life quest.
From there, I realized that I could help so many others find
joy. When I looked around at the world, I saw pain and disappointment. My thinking began to change to, “What can I do
to help others be happy?”
Soon I forgot about my worries and myself. I found that in
healing, there is joy. It’s the feeling that you get when you give someone a
hug, hear the laugh of a child, feel the raindrops on your face. Life is
complete again for a single moment and we can share it.
Lawrence Kushner said, “Everyone carries with them at least
one piece to someone else’s puzzle.” We
need each other to make our joy complete.
That is why my quest is not only to find joy, it is share it
with others and encourage them to do the same. Won’t you join me in my journey?
