Well, here's another couple of pages from my joy journal. I'm so over happiness. American capitalism has so comodified it. Read this book and do what it says or buy this product and you'll be happy. The pursuit of happiness. Don't worry; be happy. That's why I prefer to feel joy. It's spontaneous, not commercialized, not one size fits all. Over the last 24 hours things that have brought me joy have included being outside in the fresh air, bees and butterflies visiting my garden, sturdy little Tobago snuggling with me in bed, talking to Amber on the phone, and getting 2 Halloween shirts at Goodwill and lots of lovely produce at Hannaford. I started it the first semester after the stroke when it was so much harder to do so many things. It helped me be aware of how much joy was in my life despite residual damage. Adding entries and going back to read them is also a source of joy.

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