I seldom hear of people searching for their joy. I usually hear about the need to be happy, prosperous, healthy, contented etc. Joy usually is something you hear about at Christmas when we sing “Joy to the World…..” I never hear of people looking for joy. What is joy and is it the same as enjoying yourself. I have enjoyed situations and people but I never thought of it as my joy. Yet to have joy in your life is key to your wellbeing. Can we create joy in our lives each day? Did we forget it’s importance? I know I have.

I look at this year so far. In just two months my sister died 10 days after her husband’s death (his death was expected, hers wasn’t). On top of that my own daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in January and my daughter-in-law relapsed with her very advanced blood …