Finding Joy in a Sad World
A practical guide to recovering wonder when everything feels heavy
I was doom-scrolling last week when a video stopped me in my tracks. A mom was holding her baby in the kitchen, and every time she smashed a clove of garlic with the flat side of her knife, her baby erupted in uncontrollable belly laughs. Over and over again…smash, laugh, smash, laugh. The kind of laugh that takes over their whole little body, the kind that makes you forget everything else exists. If you haven’t seen it…enjoy:
I didn’t just smile. I laughed. Hard. This was exactly what I needed to remember that the world isn’t only breaking news and heartbreak. Sometimes it’s garlic and giggles, and that matters more than we think.
Why We’ve Forgotten How to Celebrate Small Things
We live in a culture that treats joy like a luxury item we can’t afford yet. We guilt ourselves into thinking we don’t deserve it while the world burns, while our to-do list…
