joy is found in being the driver. It's the act of looking at the raw material of your circumstances — your time, your energy, your relationships, your skills — and seeing what you can make from it.

It is the act of creating the life you want (in big and small ways) that makes you feel alive and imbues life with extra meaning. The fact that you can... See more

I have made time to play, to rest, to see magic in the raindrops on a leaf and the colours of sunshine behind my closed eyelids. I have created joy in my intentions, my relationships, my existence. I have sought and found joy everywhere despite the unhappy circumstances I have found myself in.