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"Tragic optimism" is the search for meaning during the inevitable tragedies of human existence, and is better for us than avoiding darkness and trying to "stay positive."
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“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift. “ — Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Joy doesn’t mean you’re ignoring the hard stuff.
It doesn’t fix the heavy things, but it can make carrying them a little easier.
Let it in, even just a little, whenever you can.
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joy is probably the most difficult emotion to really feel. Why? Because when we lose the ability or willingness to be vulnerable, joy becomes something we approach with deep foreboding. This shift from our younger self’s greeting of joy with unalloyed delight happens slowly and outside of our awareness. We don’t seem to even know that it’s
... See morethe decentering of human life from its cosmic significance, a decline in our sense of purpose, and a sensation of having lost the soul that gave earlier human societies their adaptiveness and vitality. It seems we are left with a feeling of having lost our place in the world along with a sense of who we are and what we ought to do with ourselves.
John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, • Awakening From the Meaning Crisis
There is a risk during hard times of leaning toward despair or disconnecting from the ability to experience joy.
I have a full life. A privileged life. An unendangered life. But sometimes the simple joys escape me. Joy is not always a feeling that is freely bestowed upon us, often it is something we must actively seek. In a way, joy is a decision, an action, even a practised method of being. It is an earned thing brought into focus by what we have lost — at... See more