Wishing you joy this season, whatever shape it may take! I think that when I now find myself in its company, I will prompt myself to remember Rabbi Heschel’s words and reach for prayer, the necessary response to the call of joy. Lewis’s phrase is interesting in that it feels as though I am always surprised by joy - in fact, is joy ever anything but a surprise? Happiness can occasionally be anticipated, but joy catches me unaware. Happiness can be quiet, steady, honey-like - but joy is always in high-key, staccato, sudden. I don’t have a tidy summation of what these adjacencies mean when taken together, but it’s given me latitude to ask: What is joy? To me, it seems like the exclamatory version of happiness, as if happiness has absorbed a quantum of energy. I immediately thought about Rabbi Heschel’s words on prayer I shared earlier this week, in which he observes: “Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.” At the same time, I recollected a statement I came across earlier this week on Instagram, in which comedian/celebrity/influencer Tinx asserted: “Female joy is often ridiculed.” Lewis earlier this week and noted that his spiritual autobiography is titled Surprised by Joy. Not seen above but had to include: these lounge pants for men. NAME PUZZLE - HAVE GIVEN THIS AS A GIFT TO MANY TWO YEAR OLDS $30 (!!) PLAID TABLECLOTH - I FOUND THE SAME BRAND IN LARGER SIZES HERE AND JUST ORDERED THE BIGGEST SIZE FOR MY HOLIDAY TABLE ALICE WITHOUT THE PRICE TAGįLOCKED TREE SET - GREAT PRICE AND FUN FOR LITTLE HANDS MY FAVORITE NEW JEANS - DREAMY BLEND OF CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY, AND THIS PARTICULAR WASH IS PERFECTIONįLOCKED REINDEER FOR TABLESCAPE / MANTEL-SCAPE…VERY MRS. SHERPA POUCH - STONEY CLOVER LOOK FOR LESS…GOOD GIFT FOR A TWEEN/TEEN STORY ORCHESTRA BOOK - GREAT STANDBY GIFT, AND CURRENTLY 50% OFF
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