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Deep in my bones, I know loss.
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Ive only ever known impermanence.
And by virtue of all of this, Ive come to deeply understand the necessity of microjoys.
Why are they called microjoys?
But I could not reach for anything larger or further than that.
We all deserve such grace.
Microjoys are different than happiness.
Happiness, though appealing, is a fleeting outward expression of what we feel, while microjoys are internal.
They are immediately attainable, intentional, and deliberatetranscending temporary circumstances to buoy us.
You dont have to experience death, or any great loss, to pursue microjoys.
(Because those, too, will happen).
I did not create microjoys.
This is simply the name I chose to identify what is already our birthright.
Microjoys exist because you, regardless of your current circumstance, deserve to touch joy often.
Even in the moments when you lack the perspective to reach very far to access it.
Microjoys are for everyone.
Regardless of your culture, the color of your skin, socioeconomics, faith, sexuality, or gender.
They exist for you as you are, right now.
They are always accessible.
They exist despite the calm or the chaos that surrounds us.
The more you acknowledge microjoys, the more prevalent they become.
The more we consciously observe microjoys around us, the more quickly our brains begin to easily notice them.
Or the happiness you feel when you run into a friend in a seemingly random place.
Or the surprise of encountering a rainbow from the prism that hangs in your window.
All of these are ordinary yet fleeting moments.
The divine beauty in these subtle moments can flee from our memory as quickly as they arrived.
What a missed opportunity that would be.
Consciously identifying and discerning microjoys is a sustainable, revolutionary act of deep wisdom and selfkindness.
Copyright 2023 by Cyndie Spiegel.
