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The whole point of noticing joy is not to erase all of the shitty things that are going on, but rather to change our mood so that we are better able to handle them.

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Like any true Netflix fiend, I too fell into the “Does it spark joy?” craze. What’s interesting is that my mind translated it into something entirely different from what Marie Kondo intended.

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The feeling of ease when everyone you love is together in one room.

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I want to ask you a question so simple you may not have asked it before: Are you happy being alive?

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Sometimes, choosing joy takes discipline. And constant reminders. And acknowledging the despair that is coursing through your veins, so that you can climb your way back to joy.

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Do you remember what you used to do for fun as a child? Do you still do it now? If the answer is no, then now tell me if you are happy?

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I’ve been feeling tidal waves of gratitude, and love for the life I now get to live. 

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You have nourishing connections.

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Be more focused on the good.

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All I want to be is a person who is joyous, who finds hope in the brokenness and light in the dark. I just want to fill and be filled, to bless other people as I have been blessed.