I’ve studied joy over the last three years. This virtue is plastered on coffee mugs, sewn on decorative pillows, and even displayed on dish soap. I’ve read a lot of books on this topic. Joy is portrayed as happy-clappy, sunshine, rainbows, and puppies. If you like...
Much of the teaching I’ve heard on joy over the years is oversimplified. I remember those days in Sunday school learning that JOY is spelled Jesus, Others, Yourself. While that made perfect sense when I was 9, I’ve seen how distorted that can become as an adult. I...
My friend, Magrey, just alerted me to a recent study which examined the dollar value of the emotional effects of life events such as marriage, home purchase, child birth, and divorce. Positive dollar amounts indicated “psychic benefits”; negative dollar amounts showed...
