I’ve been doing lots of writing about interpersonal violence and I need a break. Working on some lovely anthology projects and spending time with other writers, I’m aware of feeling peace. And joy. The creative community is a place of connection and fulfillment, of important friendships, quirky humor, and joy. Maybe my writers’ community is a home for my soul.<\/p>\n

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  • When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness – all the good things. — Maya Angelou<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • …being in a state of joy is a learned skill, not an innate ability. — Donald Altman, author, The Joy Compass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      • The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. — \u00a0Richard Bach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        • Part of the joy comes from seeing one’s own children become parents – watching the cycle of birth, nurturance, and independence begin again. Grandmothers became quite passionate about the magic of it all, often bowled over by their intensity of feeling. — \u00a0Doreen Rosenthal, author, New Age Nanas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Where is your soul’s home? What brings you joy? I look forward to hearing from you in the comments!<\/p>\n

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          I’ve been doing lots of writing about interpersonal violence and I need a break. Working on some lovely anthology projects and spending time with other writers, I’m aware of feeling peace. And joy. The creative community is a place of connection and fulfillment, of important friendships, quirky humor, and joy. Maybe my writers’ community is a home for my soul. Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot. \u2013 Aristotle [bctt tweet=”Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot. \u2013 Aristotle” username=”AndreaPatten”] When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness – all the good things. — Maya Angelou …being in a state of joy is a learned skill, not an innate ability. — Donald Altman, author, The Joy Compass [bctt tweet=”The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. — \u00a0Richard Bach” username=”AndreaPatten”] The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. — \u00a0Richard Bach Part of the joy comes from seeing one’s own children become parents – watching the cycle of birth, nurturance, and independence begin again. Grandmothers became quite passionate about the magic of it all, often bowled over by their intensity of feeling. — \u00a0Doreen Rosenthal, author, New Age Nanas Where is your soul’s home? What brings you joy? I look forward to hearing from you in the comments! SaveSave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,9],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun-inspiration","category-happiness","category-thinking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12050"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=12050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}