Words from Kate Bowler's podcast:
This is the pearl of wisdom I gleaned after thinking about and researching joy for so long in my new book, Joyful Anyway. Theologian Karl Barth once said it like this, joy is both a gift and a task. It’s something that mysteriously pops up out of nowhere. When we least expect it, like grace. And it’s something we have to put ourselves in the way of because we can’t always be happy, but we can be joyful anyway.
So my dears, here is a blessing for you.
May you have permission to be odd in a world that prefers the shiny and put together.
May you find one friend who understands your particular blend of weirdness.
And when the news feels unbearable,
may silliness and delight fill you like oxygen to your lungs.
And when you get confused,
may you remember,
play is not frivolous,
it is how some of us survive.
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