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While happiness tends to be a momentary feeling of pleasant internal satisfaction or peace—or even a lack of any negative or unpleasant feeling—joy tends to refer to a deeper loving energy that spills outward. Joy finds delight in the world as it is and empowers us to share that delight and acceptance with those around us. Joy can be cultivated through genuine connection with others and the Divine and through compassion and lovingkindness practices that train our attention and energy outward.

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On Blackness and Belonging in America

Black people should not deny themselves spaces where we find joy and wonder—they are too rare in our lives.

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Finding Joy and Gratitude Even During the Toughest Times

Elizabeth appears to be a naturally positive person. However, she’ll be the first to admit that getting to this place took real work. A cancer diagnosis over twenty years ago led her to reevaluate her life and shift her perspective to one of gratitude.

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How 5 Black Women Are Finding Joy One Year Into the Pandemic

The fight for justice is far from over, but it's important to make space for Black joy during Black History Month and beyond.

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What Black Joy Means—and Why It’s More Important Than Ever

Where society has told Black people to “be quiet”, or that we’re “too loud”, revelling in joy is an act of resistance. As our feeds become even more inundated with images of trauma, joy can help us heal, too.

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Connecticut Q&A: Bernie S. Siegel; ‘If You Enjoy Living, You Live Longer’

THE greatest disease of mankind is a lack of love, according to the surgeon and author Bernie S. Siegel, who advocates that the body can be healed through the mind. Dr.

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David Steindl-Rast How to Be Grateful in Every Moment (But Not for Everything)

A Benedictine monk for over 60 years, Steindl-Rast was formed by 20th-century catastrophes. He calls joy “the happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” And his gratefulness is not an easy gratitude or thanksgiving — but a full-blooded, reality-based practice and choice.

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How to Find Peace

Let your body relax, and feel your connection to the larger whole.

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The Power of Music

Music carries a special power—to physically and emotionally move us. It connects us to other people and places. Through these tracks, we call up the ancestors, stay present and look to the future.

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Come to Your Senses

The Indian philosopher Abhinavagupta describes rasa as “the self tasting the self.”

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The Helper’s High

Suffering is inevitable. But James Baraz and Shoshana Alexander argue that responding to pain with compassion, care, and generosity is key to a joyful life.

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