It is the Holidays. I hope you all are enjoying the festivities that come along with the season.

In this time of unsettling news reports, the troubling ways we live our lives every day, and the tense choices we are being asked to make. And the list goes on. Making for awkward situations, people are sick, uncomfortable, scared, tired, and overall, we are not having an easy time being Joyful.

Life can be absurdly hard without added strife. But…guess what? Joy will put “absurdly hard” into a corner, like a young child who talks too much during class that is sent to the corner and tucked away. (Did you ever experience that treatment? I did. I just spoke to the corner, but I was overlooked)

I have strived to have Joy as my companion to pull me through many dire situations since I was twelve. You all can bring Joy every minute to this world, even though it sometimes seems elusive. The uncomfortable times can be comforted. The dire times can be calmed.  The world thanks you for that gift of Joy you will deliver. I stole a saying from the book; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. That sums up what Joy sparks:

The quote roughly says—Crying may endure the night, but Joy always comes in the morning.

So, even though things seem dire, think of a happy thought. Think of a happy place. Pick a special memory. And you will bud with Joy, then spread it around and be a gift to others; that is a holiday wish that lasts throughout the year for everyone.

Merry Merry. Happy Happy. Holidays.