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Sometimes it helps me to focus my thoughts if I look up the word we are working on for the week. Joy is a feeling of great pleasure or happiness as I am sure you know. When I think of moments of joy, what I recall is the feeling and having no idea where it has come from. Most often for me it is a great sense of well being, joy and happiness when I am in the moment. There is no focus on the past or the future, just the present. I wish I could stay there, but that is not how it works for me. I wonder what brings it on, so it's wondering joy. My experience of joy often comes when I am out walking, just being present and feeling my body move easily. It is such a great feeling! I remember one time when we lived in Cleveland sitting next to the pool we had and feeling joy. There is also the joy of making candy with Karla. We can just be present with each other. It is a settled way for us as we know our jobs and there is no need to think. Yesterday we even reminisced about what we remembered about the night Erik died. There are not many people who have those same memories and, at times, it has been hard to bring them up, but it really was a joyful moment to remember and connect. The day of Erik's death was a Sunday and it is the same this year, so it has brought more memories than at some times in the past. It is strange how the sorrow is also mixed with joy, the joy of being in the moment together. --Carolyn
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