{"id":159,"date":"2016-03-30T13:46:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:14:01","slug":"finding-the-joy-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/30\/finding-the-joy-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the Joy In Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOY!<\/p>\n<p>Say the word \u2013 Joy.<\/p>\n<p>How do you feel when you think about the word Joy? I found a definition in Webster\u2019s\u00a0Collegiate Dictionary Fifth Edition that resonates with what I am writing here. It is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. The emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; gladness; delight.<br \/>\n2. State of happiness; bliss.<br \/>\n3. That which causes happiness.<br \/>\n4. The exhibition of joy; gaiety.<\/p>\n<p>Say the word again \u2013 Joy. How does saying the word makes you feel?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just 3 letters but those 3 letters J O Y create such a powerful word. Think about it.\u00a0The emotion excited by the expectation of good. JOY!<\/p>\n<p>Who creates this emotion? Who decides when you can be joyful? YOU do.\u00a0No matter what is going on in your life you have total control over how you choose to feel about\u00a0it. You control your emotions. No one else can cause you to feel one way or another unless you\u00a0allow them to.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor Roosevelt put it this way: \u201cAll the water in the world cannot drown you unless it gets\u00a0inside of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today decide to live with an expectation of good. Set your intention for Joy. See each moment as\u00a0a new opportunity to choose how you will experience your life ~ full of Joy or not.<\/p>\n<p>JOY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOY! Say the word \u2013 Joy. How do you feel when you think about the word Joy? I found a definition in Webster\u2019s\u00a0Collegiate Dictionary Fifth Edition that resonates with what I am writing here. It is: 1. The emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; gladness; delight. 2. State of happiness; bliss. 3. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/30\/finding-the-joy-in-your-life\/\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifein-sightalliance.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}