Letting Ourselves Feel Joy

I have noticed that I resist allowing myself to feel joy, pleasure, and anything good, more than I resist pain.

Pleasure is different than "getting a fix."

Joy is different than fleeting happiness. Joy is fullness, and requires that we allow everything in, into our hearts, that we allow every feeling to surface. 

A person that has the tools to work with the thoughts that come when we have the courage to feel our emotions, can accomplish anything. We feel energized, fulfilled, and have a certainty that we are held in the arms of the universe.