Daily Signet

How is joy different from happiness? I believe that joy is an attitude or a condition of the heart that we carry with us throughout life even through tragedy, crisis, sorrow and pain. It is a stabilizer when we feel we are losing our balance. This does not mean that we don’t experience fully the sorrows and struggles of life; however, dancing through life with joy in our hearts makes the journey easier and allows us to awaken to beauty and wisdom. On the other hand, happiness seems to be dependent upon happening or expectations of what we would like to have happen. Knowing joy is endlessly more important than knowing about joy.  

Barbara Dalberg