Green Leaf Joy and Shadow - Missoula, Montana

"....What is all this juice and all this joy?         

   A strain of the earth’s sweet being in the beginning

In Eden garden. – Have, get, before it cloy,         

   Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning..." 

- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), from Spring

Space For Legit Joy - Rattlesnake Creek via Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana

In these very odd times of space and quiet,
  may you seek and find genuine joy.
Toward that end, a few thoughts:
 
"That we are designed for joy is exhilarating, within reach, now or perhaps later today, after a nap, as long as we do not mistake excitement for joy.

Joy is good cheer. My partner says joy and curiousity are the same thing. 
Joy is always a surprise, & often a decision.

Joy is portable. Joy is a habit, and these days,
    it can be a radical act.”

-Anne Lamott, p.70 of Almost Everything

Prospective Perspective - Missoula, Montana

“Happiness and joy are not the same thing. 

 Happiness is based on our current circumstances

   but joy is a product of our perspective.”

-Jason Tonn, on November 11, 2018