Joy

A healthy capacity to feel the warmth of life even on an ordinary day.

Joy is not the opposite of seriousness. It is a healthy capacity to feel the warmth of life even amid tasks and difficulties. Joy restores what tiredness eats away.

Short

  • «I allow joy to come without reason.»
  • «I notice small sources of light in an ordinary day.»
  • «I do not refuse myself simple joy.»
  • «I share joy, and it returns.»
  • «Joy is a healthy, natural state.»

One minute

I take a soft breath and smile a little within. I recall one moment of today that felt light. I allow joy to appear even where there is much to do. I do not wait for the right moment — joy lives right now. I thank my body for carrying me. I thank my day for being. Joy does not have to be loud; it can be quiet like warm tea. Today I choose joy as a form of inner truth.

Contemplation

Joy is not the opposite of seriousness. It is a healthy capacity to feel the warmth of life even amid tasks and difficulties. Joy restores what tiredness eats away.

My entries

  1. What was a small source of light today?
  2. Where did I postpone joy to better times?
  3. Whom can I share a warm moment with today?