I railed against the idea of choosing joy for a long time. Not that I didn't feel it deeply, but so often choose joy was suggested as the answer to feeling grief or anger or sadness ... But I do. I choose joy. I choose happiness and delight. And I feel all the things.
"We put our hands on the bark and decided to come back once a month for a year to visit her." I love this. I hope you will share the experience, monthly or after that year. I am walking with the full moon each month and love having a monthly rhythm like that.
I railed against the idea of choosing joy for a long time. Not that I didn't feel it deeply, but so often choose joy was suggested as the answer to feeling grief or anger or sadness ... But I do. I choose joy. I choose happiness and delight. And I feel all the things.
"We put our hands on the bark and decided to come back once a month for a year to visit her." I love this. I hope you will share the experience, monthly or after that year. I am walking with the full moon each month and love having a monthly rhythm like that.
Thank you for this – that nuance is so important. Not choosing joy as avoidance or denial, but as an expression of wholeness. xo