Feeling Joy
It can be done with something as simple as a smile. Or a compliment. Or a loving glance.
And it can be accomplished with something as elegant as making love.
With these devices can you release joy in another, and with many more.
With a song, or a dance, or the stroke of a brush, or the molding of clay, or the rhyming of words.
With the holding of hands, or the meeting of minds, or the partnering of souls.
With the mutual creation of anything good and lovely and useful.
With all these devices can you release another's joy, and with many more.
With the sharing of a feeling, the telling of a truth, the ending of anger, the healing of judgment.
With the willingness to listen, and the willingness to speak.
With the decision to forgive, and the choice to release.
With the commitment to give, and the grace to receive.
I tell you there are a thousand ways to release the joy in the heart of another.
Nay, a thousand times a thousand.
And in the moment you decide to do so, you will know how.
