Joy

Dear Earth neighbors,

I come to you today with a message

of unbridled, unsoiled, unmitigated,

unsurpassed joy: joy simply to be here

on this planet with you.

Do you not know that God is inside you right now?

All you have to do is smile,

and God smiles through you.

You have a choice right now.

You can decide to say yes.

You can decide to say yes.

Are you listening?

Do you hear what I am saying?

The eternal spirit of creation is living inside you.

You are alive with the same power

that spins the planets in their orbits,

causes the tides to rise and fall,

shakes the plates of the earth,

inspires songbirds to harmonize,

and sends bees gathering pollen

from flower to flower.

You are alive.

How indescribably awesome is that?

There is no problem today that can overwhelm you.

There is no issue that can bring you down.

There is no person who can make you less than you are.

Rise, my dear friend.

Put your back straight.

Sit up.

Pay attention.

Smile.

Take everything in.

Watch.

This moment is complete with everything

that has ever happened in the history of the universe.

Every story told. Every journey taken.

Every death and every birth.

Every heartache and every awakening.

It has all happened, and it is all yours right now.

Do you hear me?

This is power.

This is the power to claim who you are meant to be.

No more faking.

No more pretending.

No more sleepwalking through your days.

No more lying.

No more settling.

Right now, in this moment, you can say yes.

Yes to life.

Yes to wonder.

Yes to your own becoming.

You can say: “I am willing to receive this.”

And in that willingness,

everything begins.

“Joy” by George Cassidy Payne