We have a tree in our house! It is stringed up with lights, tinsel, some small ornaments (cat toys apparently!), and a little angel on top. I've set it up on a timer so it goes on in the evenings, off sometime in the night so it is a soothing night light too, then on again for breakfast, off again for work. Today is however another cloudy gloomy cold morning. I have my coffee and am ready for the morning's writing tasks.
Joy. Joy is different from happiness. Joy entails a sense of deep (preferably conscious) gratefulness, of being alive and able. Happiness is just a extension of joy and the expression / sharing of it comes in our actions and words. I get great joy from just being here. In darkness and in light, those "switches" and timings have been carefully orchestrated to bring me where I am today. It is up to me how I interpret the events. I choose to interpret them in happiness, as it improves my mood, and my writing, and of course eventually, my overall health.
Joy. I am re-invented. I will continue to re-invent towards my ultimate goal -- of being a published author of a fiction piece -- but this initiation process to me seems to be complete. I just have to keep steady on and doing what I know I need to be doing. Writing, reading, scanning markets, editing, and submitting. Second piece, getting feedback and learning from it.
There's a lot of doom and gloom out there nowadays. Financial crisis, housing crisis, unemployment. But one can and must find joy in living, and enjoy life no matter what it throws at you. Lemons and lemonade. Never stop asking. Know thyself and that self is fundamentally GOOD. No matter what anyone else thinks. Life should be fun even if there is no money or drink or food. That's a positive mentality against desperation. When your number's up... well... there's only so much you can do about it! So why fret? Enjoy life, every last second, good to the last drop!
No word prompts today... will keep it for next week. Yesterday I tried to write about death and funerals. I had some trouble with that. I've actually never been to a funeral myself, only watched them on TV. I've seen mourners in real life, but never so far was touched by it directly. You can say I've been extremely naive or lucky, depending how you want tot look at it. But at least I have some support network in place now, that when the inevitable does happen, I'll be able to cope.
We'll probably hit the Christmas markets this weekend with some friends of ours. I'm looking forward to the gluhwein :-) have a nice one!
