We need to stop looking for happiness in our lives.

The idea of looking for something makes it a quest to find something external. This sends us on many journeys that we think will lead us to what we seek, but end up coming short.

Then we go on another journey and try again, only to come up short once more.

A full heart of joy is something we uncover in our lives. It’s a long process where we slowly peel off the layers of doubt, regret, guilt, pain, anxiousness, anger… and the whole gamut of other emotions that get in the way.

You would think the goal is to rid yourself of these emotions, but that does nothing more than put them in a corner until an opportune time to come back even stronger than before.

Uncovering joy asks you to do something greater with all the emotions covering it –

Transform them.