Finding Joy

I slept and dreamt that life was joy

I awoke and saw that life was service

I acted and behold, service was joy

                                             Rabindranath Tagore

joy

a elusive thing

you would think we would be better at it

after all

we have a 1000 voices telling us how to find it

buy this

drink that

drive this

wear that

our needs

our wants

our desires 

drive us to our plethora of solutions

 

that don't work

 

and yet there is that moment

when we move outside ourselves

that moment when we reach out

when we stop for a moment

and listen

and comfort

 

when we feed

and clothe

 

that one whom the Sacred

has placed in our path

 

and suddenly 

in a moment

as love flows

 

there it is!