Sharing Our Joy – April 21, 2002
Deep within the human heart lies the unquenchable desire to share joy. When we experience joy, it’s incomplete until we’ve rejoiced with another. A toddler runs to show a parent his newfound finger-painting skills. A teenager dashes home with a good test score. We phone loved ones to report a promotion, an engagement, a new baby, or perhaps just the first tulips of spring.
Happiness is multiplied when shared with someone else. But what if we’re alone? In our complex world today, circumstances of travel, work, relocation, health, or the loss of loved ones may result in our being alone for a week, a month, perhaps longer. Must we lose that increase of joy because there’s no one around to share it with?
When we find ourselves alone, we can reach out, sharing life’s delights in community. By reaching out to others, we can do more than share joy; we can create it. We create joy by singing at a sing-along in the park, cheering in the bleachers at a Little League game, participating in a patriotic celebration, or volunteering service to those less fortunate.
Reaching out to community, we not only share our joy; we increase it, and even create it for others. Then our joy is complete.
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