JOYFUL PIECE #162
Joy never abandons us
Since the emergence of the fetid emanations from the current POTUS and his circle of adoring fascists, sycophants, and Epstein-circle oligarchs, some Americans have found themselves caught in the mire of despair over the loss of their vision (or illusion) of America.
This past week I read meditations based on Job. One of them, by Kate Bowler, The Heart: A Reservoir of Joy, gave me some excerpts to share:
“When a loss of any kind—breakup, breakdown, or any terrible undoing—descends upon your life, joy seems to vanish.… Laughter feels strange and a sense of ease is a distant memory. In this new reality, even the smallest spark of joy seems impossible to ignite. And even worse, suggested the nineteenth-century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, joy becomes the source of suffering. Its memory stokes the fires of hurt. The joy we once had, the joy we remember, becomes our ruin…. When you are in the deep abyss of grief, sadness, or worst of all, despair, joy feels like an insult….
But I know about the joy that persists, even though it might seem like temporary insanity.
[Joy] is one of the most powerful ways we experience the deepest and most healing forms of gratitude, delight, and hope. It is a kind of transcendence; joy is a glimmer of love and forgiveness and wholeness that lifts us out of reality for a moment and gives us back to ourselves, anew….
In the many chambers of our beating hearts are reservoirs for joy.”
In addition to the above philosophical and spiritual truth, the dark forays from the POTUS regime are producing bold, strong, encouraging responses from resistors to the regime's immorality. We are within 90 days of November 3rd. Stay joyful and strong in resisting the infamous regime, that is how we overcome its darkness.
Rejoice in your efforts to build a compassionate and caring America.
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REMINDER: Are you and your loved ones registered to vote? Get going, we need every voter engaged for a new beginning, free from oppression from the Epstein circle.
Vote— your life depends on it.
Link of interest: https://email.cac.org/t/d-e-wqdudy-tlkrjkkrtk-jr/
Joy, tone-deaf is not!
In the maddest darkest night
joy engine sparks light.
"When you are in the deep abyss of grief, sadness, or worst of all, despair, joy feels like an insult….
But I know about the joy that persists, even though it might seem like temporary insanity.
Joy is one of the most powerful ways we experience the deepest and most healing forms of gratitude, delight, and hope. It is a kind of transcendence; joy is a glimmer of love and forgiveness and wholeness that lifts us out of reality for a moment and gives us back to ourselves, anew….
In the many chambers of our beating hearts are reservoirs for joy.”