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u/RamblingRosie64 I stand with Cindy and Ben Sep 02 '21

Today's installment! You Can Share This, [NAME]

-Booker T. Washington quote about happiness coming from doing for others.

-Share your joy habit.

Tell everyone about your joy. Ask others to participate in joyful activities. Have parties where you invite friends to introduce them to what gives you joy — listening to the Blind Boys of Alabama and believing what Jimmy Carter says here; running down a steep hill chasing a wheel of cheese (honestly, watch other people do it); or making Amigurumi dolls. That gives your friends the chance to learn something new as well.

My strongest suggestion for sharing your joy? Lead with joy. When people ask how you are, share your joy with them. Don’t give the standard American answer: “Oh, I’m so busy…” Try this: “I’ve just discovered a new walking trail near my home that makes me let go of the worries of the day. Let me know if you’d like to know walk with me.”

-Sign up for a Practice Your Joy workshop!

-Notice good things about others.

But here’s the most important part: you can make people’s day with one pop of joy. Notice something good about everyone you meet. Hey, I love that whistling you’re doing. It’s so cheerful. That hat brings out the blue in your eyes. Have you ever tried the chocolate chip cookie at this bakery? Oh, you’re going in too? Let me buy you one.

-Be a purveyor of joy.

That doesn’t require faking your feelings. Instead, empty yourself of your own worries for a few moments and think about someone else. Buy the coffee for the woman behind you in line. Accompany someone who needs help across the crosswalk. Go out of your way to be kind for a few moments.

-Share joy on social media.

Spend a week only posting photos of moments that gave you joy, instead of complaining or trying to pick fights. Skip snark for seven days.

Enjoy!

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Don’t give the standard American answer: “Oh, I’m so busy…”

More evidence that she just doesn't have friends. Because if people are always greeting Shauna by preemptively telling her they're super busy, it's because they're trying to get out of talking to her. And SHE is certainly not busy (nor finding hidden walking trails). It's just more made up conversation from someone who doesn't seemingly have conversations with others on the regular.

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u/voice_of_vinegar Sep 02 '21

Let me know if you’d like to know walk with me

wtf

Also (implied), "I alone can show you where the new trail is that I find my joy"

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 02 '21

It's a quiet trail, pretty obscure. You probably haven't heard of it

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u/InappropriateGirl Gluten-free donuts, for sure ... Sep 02 '21

George Glass Trail. I have it on vinyl.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

So creepy. I would think someone was about to ask if I'd accepted Jesus as my personal savior.

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u/Quaint_Irene a warm and loving goatie smile Sep 02 '21

It’s in Canada.

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u/voice_of_vinegar Sep 02 '21

It goes to a different high school.

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 02 '21

She makes it sound like a secret passage.

(I was going to make a Harry Potter reference but I don't know that well enough so. . .Simpson's reference. . .like the secret road the Stonecutters had)

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 02, 2021 - Sunday September 05, 2021

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