Joy isn't simply a byproduct of good times. It can be an active choice in crappy ones
It often takes health scares or tragedy to focus your mind on the durable, indelible good stuff — including joy.choice in crappy ones.has lived this lesson this past year. And it surfaced simple, surprising lessons applicable to all.My wife, Autumn, has endured a hellish medical journey all too familiar to too many. It started with one of those long-COVID horror stories you hear about — the brain fog, piercing migraines and stroke-like episodes.
She found it, she said, in me, in her kids who rose heroically to the moment, and in the friends and family who showed attentiveness, often in surprising ways.1. Savor what you've got. Autumn and I have been married 22 years. Neither of us are remotely easygoing: We are intense, opinionated and self-certain. We didn't marry our opposites. We married ourselves.2. Deepen what you've got.
None of us wish pain on our kids. But we found new depths in the character, emotion and strength of our children. A good trick we learned over the years is to not hide the tough stuff, and use it to deepen connections.I saw my sons prioritize after-school visits to the hospital, stretched out in their mom's bed trying to make her laugh. All three of them gathering strength before the surgeries to remind their mom that she's a warrior.
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