Friday Joy - Willa Cather

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Friday Joy - Willa Cather

While my favorite Cather novel may always be The Song of the Lark, the book that started it all is still My Antonia. This novel contains such pure glimpses of narrative grace. Sometimes, when I read Cather's work, I think that she's an example of a writer who has 'touched God', or perhaps it's vice versa; perhaps in her most striking lines, she's channeling something divinely given. Perhaps God is coming to us, through her. 

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Joy (Noun)

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Joy (Noun)

What if JOY doesn’t demand we weep or fall to our knees?

What if joy is a smaller, stiller voice?

What if joy is...gentle?

If this were true, I think to myself, then I’d be able to experience joy daily. By the hour. I can get on board with this type of joy. And if I can find joy in a million different tiny moments, the accumulative effect will be this: A more joyful LIFE.

Here’s my new definition of Joy:

Joy (N): That which brings us gently towards our truest self.

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