🔻 | Carry joy in the heart to heal | 🔻

"If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment" ~Carlos Santana

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Carlos Santana is one of my favorite shoe designers 👠. When I came across this Santana quote, it felt right to share at this point in my life. I now feel healed on many levels, and yet joy has carried me through the past chapter and this chapter.

It is joy of knowing that I am never alone, of knowing that I have this strong support system everywhere I go, of seeing others smile when I smile at them, of knowing that God is the only constant in my life.

How can I not be joyful!?

Happiness is simply an emotion, and joy is more powerful that it evokes laughter bubbling out of my soul. My soul is brighter each day as I learn more how to trust in the Lord. He has blessed me with so much that I want to share with others. By sharing, I write, speak, teach, dance, and travel to connect with others.

Joy, to me, is about making the effort to connect through paying attention and listening. It is not the other person's responsibility; it is mine. Feeling connected is more about giving rather than taking. Therefore, healing does happen through joy.

📸: Justin Kirk as of Thursday, 2 August 2018
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With sincere thanks to my public speaking comrade, @lacygunnoe