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Today my act of JOY once again involved Tim, the jovial young man who sits at the desk as I check in for my workout at the JCC.
Tim is intriguing to me; he is friendly, a good conversationalist, and has a winning smile. He has a memory for names which I have never seen in anyone before. And I always wonder, “Why aren’t you doing more with your life?”
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So, I have to cheat a little and tell about JOY from the night before.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing that gives me more JOY than my Soul Line Dancing class. Thus it was with great sadness that I learned it had been cancelled. I was so disappointed, I wandered around the house with a frown on my face, like a child who has just been told she cannot go visit Santa today (“But you promised!”)
Read moreToday I realized that “doing” joy seems to fall into two categories: 1. Simple JOY, like the kind you spread when you smile at someone. 2. Big-deal-JOY, like the kind you give when you save someone’s life or pay their mortgage.
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