Welcome to The Joy Department. I’m glad you found us.
Us? You ask. Yes, us. The other joy seekers.
I’ve started this blog as part of the Live Your Legend Blog Challenge but more importantly I’ve started it as a commitment to myself to persistently seek out the things that bring me joy, to intentionally do the things that bring me joy and to take time to recognize joy in others.
Stories are one of my earliest joys. As long as I can remember I have loved the sound of someone weaving a tale of things unknown or sharing a memory so vividly you’d swear you were there. To me stories are the source of imortality, creator of the wildest dreams and tie together the most distant of worlds.
Writing is also one of my earliest and most consistent joys but unlike stories it’s something I avoid. Writing involves one thing that consuming stories does not: vunerablilty.
Everytime I put pen to paper there is a hesitation. In that moment before the first stroke I am thinking, Will I find the words? What if others don’t understand my words? What will they think of me because of my words? More often than not I stop before I start; the thought of the answers to these questions too emotionally taxing to overcome but sometimes I push past the discomfort and on the other side I find joy.
So with this blog I make one more commitment to myself. I will write.
I am choosing to write. Even if it’s bad. Even if it’s inconvenient. Even if I have nothing to say. Because it’s a path to joy.
Welcome to The Joy Department. A place where you can find stories of self-discovery and hear about my stumbles and those of others on the path to joy.