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Advent (Joy): Winter’s Solstice
Joy takes on the color of its surroundings. Today is the shortest day of the year because, as the ancients had it, the Sun is dying. That is the color of Joy today. Don’t stop reading. Joy can, indeed, be … Continue reading
Advent (Joy): Cultivating Friendship
Emotional support means that someone other than me understands the feelings that are tossing me around in my life. The very existence of another human being who sees and understands me on that level brings–joy! Self-disclosure means that another person … Continue reading
Advent (Joy): Of Giving
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore For the past few years, we at UUCG have “adopted” students at a local … Continue reading
Advent (Joy): Friendship
“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Friendships are crucial to our experience as human beings. Both in my life as a teacher watching adolescents interact, … Continue reading
Advent (Joy): En-joy
“Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it.” William James … Continue reading
Advent (Joy): Twinkle Lights
Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments – often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we’re too busy chasing down extraordinary moments. … Continue reading
Advent (Joy): What Are You Waiting For?
“Everyone is just waiting. Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for the wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night…” ~ Dr. Seuss; Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss makes me smile because he … Continue reading