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Hello, hello. This is Lynda again with Rooted&Real. 'Karibuni sana' (You're all very welcome). So today what are we

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picking up? We're picking up Small Joys. We picked up Peace and picked up Your

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Voice. So now we're picking up small joys. Remember when you're grieving, joy feels or

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felt guilty. Yeah? You're like, "Why am I happy? My person is gone." - "Why am I happy? And my

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project died." - "Why am I happy and this and that...?" You know? So we're still picking small

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joys anyway. Because healing doesn't have to look big. You know, that bigness 'ati' (like)

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new job. Yeah, new love life, new body. But healing also looks like, how do you put it?

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Like laughing at a meme. Oh, did they say meme or meme? They said meme. Somebody kept

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correcting me. Laughing at a meme, a hot shower, repeating a song, you know, even off key, the sun

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on your face. Small joys are not distractions from grief. You know what they are? They're

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proof you're still alive. So first things first, let's make a 'Joy List'. Tiny things, but

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things that bring you joy, things that matter to you. The smell of coffee, fresh sheets on the

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bed, even walking barefoot. Or like I said earlier, you can be singing off key in the

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bathroom or wherever it is. It is YOUR SPACE. It is YOUR JOY. Yeah. And that same joy...

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Some people might resent it because it's showing YOUR HEALING. Don't let them dull your light to make

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them comfortable. When you smile, don't say, "I shouldn't be happy yet." Say, THANK YOU. So out

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with the naysayers, be you, feel you, and let the joy ring. And what people say is that joy is

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resistance. It is rebellion after pain. That you shouldn't be this happy. But guess what? You still

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are. You are because you matter. So pick up those small joys like they're your breadcrumbs back to

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yourself. You're allowed to feel light again, by the way. So pick it up.