Joy Doesn't Trickle Down—It Rises Up

A Million Seeds of Joy | Our September Community Project

A few weeks ago I was scrolling on Threads, and I came upon this conversation where commenters expressed how it felt like current events were sucking all the joy out of the atmosphere. Like joy had been cut off from the top for them.

And I get it. I have had moments where I have felt that too. It is an understandable response with all the heavy things go…