The beauty of it...

Every rip and every tear.
Every scar and every hole.
Every jagged piece that fits.

Realising this is joy in its purest, simple in its unspoken nature. Only spelled out with the unfolding of every minute and every second.

Joy today is hearing mum's voice in the middle of the day when she rang without a reason, just to chat!

Joy is finding a solution to a problem!

Joy is confidence to fight an emotional battle and determination to emerge victorious!

Joy is as simple as feeling you smile. Hearing you laugh. Suddenly the distance doesn't seem so far. It's enough to make my day seem so much brighter and so much happier.

I love you.

Joy today is waking up to sweet smses and phonecalls reminding me of those who love me. They fill my heart with a sweetness so pure and inexplicable. I simply don't know what I'd do without all of you by my side. Today isn just a day of giving and receiving tangible gifts, it's a day of celebrating the love around us.

For those of you reading this on the 14th Feb 2008. Here's a special message for you:
Love those around you who matter,
Those who truly love you for who you are.
Those who will stand by you when the whole world turns its back on you.
Those who will dry your eyes and pull you up when you fall.
Those who will stand up for you when others tackle you.
Those whom you can count on for the truth.
Love all those who you know complete your life and you simply couldn't do without.

To all those around me that matter, you know who you are:
Thank you. I don't need a reason to love you because you're you.

Sometimes joy to me is just being able to not think about the frustrations and loads on your mind. Whether it be momentuous when I receive an sms that makes me smile or the short span where my mind lapses into nothingness. The simplicity of such joy is so profound in its power to overcome yet so sparse in occurrence. I miss the days of bliss where joy was all that filled my life, where sadness and troubles were merely fleeting. Yet I savour each moment of joy so much more anticipating it may be long before another comes along, grateful for each.

Joy yesterday is having icecream with a bestie. Someone I know I can count on.

Joy early this morning is discovering an answer to a question long gone unanswered.

Joy today is being back at work in an all too familiar environment.