Joyless

"No man can live without joy."
~ Thomas Aquinas

There are zombies among us.
Living, breathing, dead.
Those who have no joy.
They feed off others,
devouring to fill their own emptiness and thirst.
Envy. Strife. Fear.
Easy to point a finger, cast a label, throw a stone,
but how many times do I willfully turn my back on joy
even when it's handed to me on a cross?
When trouble knocks on my door, trials bump into me,
tribulation breaks like a thunder cloud over my head,
that's when choosing joy is hardest
and it's easier to walk the day in glassy-eyed despair.
But rejoice is a verb.
An action.
A choice.
What will you choose today?

"Rejoice in the LORD, always. Again, I say rejoice."
~ Philippians 4:4