Going on a JOY Hunt

"Finding joy means opening yourself up to it."

"The value of taking time to appreciate positive experiences seems obvious -- trite, even. Yet it's a skill that few people have mastered. The reason is simple: We're busy, and we have a lot on our minds. There'll always be other sunrises, we say to ourselves...Under the weight of our daily responsibilities and worries, we reflexively tune out the fleeting, spontaneous events that can happen at any time and that, if we let them, could bring us deeper joy and greater health."

"As many a poet has written, joy is fleeting, and elusive. But if you know how, you can go hunting for it, and you can make it last."

~from "Joy: How to Make It Last" by Siri Carpenter with help from Fred B. Bryant, PhD