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A riff on joy
Joy is one of the most elusive emotions, flickering in and out of our lives like winter sunshine between storm fronts. We want it. We court it. And often, joy dances just out of reach—promising, beckoning, but always withdrawing faster than we can reach it. The unspoken, but felt, reasoning sometimes goes like this: If this and this happens, when this and that comes to fruition, when all this worldly stuff takes place, then we'll have a right to a brief moment of exultation.
So we give up. Joy is too much of a stretch. We grow weary of empty hands.

September 24, 2001 issue
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What this Mind imparts is forever
Cyril Rakhmanoff
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Lee J. Gutteter, Ann Tufts-Church, Marilyn Jean Perkinson, Katherine C. Pennington
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items of interest
with contributions from Douglas M. Lawson
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Mental decline is surmountable
By Rosalie E. Dunbar
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Mental stability is part of your spiritual nature
By Robert A. Johnson
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Chronic fatigue and the fast track
INTERVIEW WITH TERRI FRIEL
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Compassion on the Green Line
By Gwendolyn Joy Forest
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Lessons from the pumpkin patch
By Laura Bantly
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Swimming with the jellyfish ... and God
Jéssica Lays Amorim dos Santos
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A riff on joy
By Zöe Landale
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Inspired thoughts bring freedom from sickness
Florángela Borbón Ortiz
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A spiritual journey
Joy Ellen Booth
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Quality of life improves
John F. Anderson
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Walking away from injury
Lauren McCulloch
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God's care ends worry and pain
Diane H. Agnew
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'Mem'ries ...'
John Selover