Do you have a source of joy in your life that can't be taken away (except possibly by your death)?
That's my question of the month.
It's not an easy question to answer, I realize.
I am asking it of my non-blog-reading friends (almost no one that I know in "real life" reads my blog - isn't THAT interesting???)
I'm also asking that of you.
As a gift to me, would you be willing to tell me what, if anything, is a source of joy for you - a source of joy that can't be taken away? Please answer on my contact form at my old blog by clicking here.
If you have no answer, please also have no worries.
This is not about creating stress.
I have a special day coming up and this is a gift for me. I am unashamedly asking you to help me celebrate this day which will take place as the earth receives the sun for a heavenly number of hours.
When that day arrives, I will share the answers I've received, both from my blog and from people around me. But of course all who respond will remain anonymous.
I'll even answer my own question. Can my answer be anonymous, also???
Joy to the World by Three Dog Night (with some minor changes)
If I were the queen of the world
Tell you what I'd do
I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the war
And send sweet love to you
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
Well, anything external could be taken away. But I get joy from seeing birds, flowers, feeling a light breeze, beautiful stars, etc.
ReplyDeleteLove. It's simple: the love in my soul; the love I receive; the love I share. Love may be painful, be rejected or exploited, but I can think of nothing that can extinguish it.
ReplyDeleteI just love the universe. I love it that there are rocks and clouds, stars and sunshine, butterflies and fields. I love all of it. And if I were to be hauled off and locked in a tomb somewhere, I would still have joy in my heart, just knowing that such things existed.
ReplyDeleteThomas and Nick,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your responses. I'm trying to comment as little as possible on the responses that I'm receiving here, from my contact form and from people here. I just LOVE all of the answers. They bring me joy. Thank you!
For me, the source of my joy is Love. I knew it deeply. Received it gratefully, and remember it every day. I look for it in the smallest gestures as humanity reaches out to humanity. I love how love shows itself. It has so many ways of letting itself be known. It certainly isn't always easy, but love can show itself in difficulties, as well, by right choices. Being the spectator, knowing that love still circles the earth as softly as a zephyr, touches my heart and gives me great joy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, G.G.
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