We often wake up in the morning with the mentality, "I hope it's a good day."
The truth is, the world is not waiting around to make our day "good." Instead, we should be making the world good!
I've been known to get this one backwards, but joy is internal. It comes from a solid foundation that we can always go back to and it doesn't sway with the winds of the world. Joy doesn't hope for a good day. Joy doesn't wait around to see what happens. Joy starts on the inside and paints broad stokes of optimism wherever it travels.
Instead of waiting around to see what the world has in store for us today, let's go out and show the world what we have. Find that inner joy and show the world that it doesn't define us.