Respond With The Joy God Has Placed Within You; Don't Let Others Steal It

"Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace." Dalai Lama

  Maybe today, there are others around you that are being rude to you, they are being disrespectful, they are trying to steal your joy, and frankly, you have no idea how to keep them from doing so. So how do we keep the joy that God has placed within us when we have so many other forces coming against us?
 So what do we do when we are faced with opposing forces that are trying to steal our joy away from us? How can we stop them? Well, I'm sorry to say but we can't stop the people from saying what they say to us, I mean yes, you can ask them to stop, you can attempt to avoid them, but the one thing that you have to make sure that you make right within yourself is that you have a type of joy, a happiness, an excitement that should never be stolen, but rather when someone attempts to do so, respond back to them with that joy, with that happiness, with that excitement. This is not only surprising the opposing force in how you react, but you are bringing up your inner joy, and it is flowing out of you so that, when it reaches the negativity coming towards you, the joy will overcome it and win.
 So not only are you keeping your joy, but you are also sharing with others the blessings and happiness of God! You are revealing to them something that, maybe they had never experienced before, and maybe, just maybe, they will go on to spread the joy the same way you did to them.
Your response to confrontation could be a catalyst of God's love.