December Joy
by Julie Treat R.N.
Remember that giggle, the outright belly laugh when you felt that intense, momentary joyful feeling? Remember the delight and glee, the exuberance and ease it brought to your soul and your body? Yes, I remember too. And with equal feeling, remember giving joy? There are lovely people who actually study joy. Ingrid Fetell Lee is one. She observes and studies where to find it. Check her out at
aestheticsofjoy.com Indulge in joy. Consciously create and hatch a plan to give joy. Be an anonymous giver of that mysterious and elusive feeling for your someone or for the stranger, then…imagine their joy and watch it come to you too. I have a new friend who has a holiday ritual of bringing joy. She takes dollar bills, and rolls them up with a ribbon and a Christmas note and brings them to the Dollar Store. Then she hides them around items sold at the store, ready to be found by the buyer. Driving away from the store she imagines the joy of that person or child finding that dollar, she laughs and giggles right out loud and she herself feels that intense, momentary joy. The world becomes abundant.
Boost your joy!
Julie Treat is a recently retired Nurse Navigator at the Hoag Movement Disorders Center. She has generously offered to volunteer her time with PD Buzz. Thanks Julie and welcome to team PD Buzz!
