You are allowed to find moments of joy, even in all the horror.
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@CosmicCollective You have permission to enjoy your life. Joy helps us keep balance in such unbalanced times.
@RiaResists yes indeed. It's necessary.
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@valentina_antifa_73 and where exactly did I say "Never be angry" or "anger isn't valid" in my post? Anger can certainly also be motivation, and moments of joy are also important(as is rest etc).
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@valentina_antifa_73 @CosmicCollective Think about what kind of person finds talk of joy offensive. Is that a person others can work with, or even want to be around?
Maybe you’d be more effective if you made seated your consumption of ragehol.
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@valentina_antifa_73 @CosmicCollective Think about what kind of person finds talk of joy offensive. Is that a person others can work with, or even want to be around?
Maybe you’d be more effective if you moderated your consumption of ragehol.
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@Uddelhexe I hear you! I need to use it more often myself
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You are allowed to find moments of joy, even in all the horror. Joy is not a prize for getting through it all, it is an important tool to *enable* us to get through this. Joy itself is an act of resistance, so look for the joys. Small ones, big ones-doesn't matter. Find them, embrace them, let them comfort you, let them fuel you.
@CosmicCollective ABSOLUTELY!
Joy grants mental resilience. It buffers grief.
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@RiaResists yes indeed. It's necessary.
@CosmicCollective Sooo true! If you can’t laugh thru all the difficult times that being alive will serve up you are in for a hard slog. @RiaResists
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@valentina_antifa_73 and where exactly did I say "Never be angry" or "anger isn't valid" in my post? Anger can certainly also be motivation, and moments of joy are also important(as is rest etc).
@CosmicCollective @valentina_antifa_73 in our youth, haven't we been the best at angry joy
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You are allowed to find moments of joy, even in all the horror. Joy is not a prize for getting through it all, it is an important tool to *enable* us to get through this. Joy itself is an act of resistance, so look for the joys. Small ones, big ones-doesn't matter. Find them, embrace them, let them comfort you, let them fuel you.
@CosmicCollective love this. love you.
here's some more kindling for the pink bonfire. at least that's what i hope it is.
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You are allowed to find moments of joy, even in all the horror. Joy is not a prize for getting through it all, it is an important tool to *enable* us to get through this. Joy itself is an act of resistance, so look for the joys. Small ones, big ones-doesn't matter. Find them, embrace them, let them comfort you, let them fuel you.
@CosmicCollective A friend of mine was arguing against this - "The personal is political, so I dare not find joy amidst this suffering." I searched on "The personal is not political" and found this fascinating philosophy / sociology / biography essay about Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/seyla-benhabib-personal-not-political/
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