JOY: Making JOY Last

Too often people equate joy with happiness. This means that joy comes and goes with the ebb and flow of our own chemical processes and external circumstances. However, while joy may have emotional qualities to it, it is not an emotion, but instead a character choice. We discover that joy lasts when we make that choice as an active participant in our lives. This means that joy can be a lasting experience when we maintain an eternal perspective on life and consider the following qualities to joy: Lasting joy is content, lasting joy is generous, lasting joy is gracious and lasting joy is victorious.