"I had thought joy to be rather synonymous……" — Rachel Naomi Remen
"I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to be a part of an unconditional wish to live, not holding back because life may not meet our preferences and expectations. Joy seems to be a function of the willingness to accept the whole, and to show up to meet with whatever is there. It has a kind of invincibility that attachment to any particular outcome would deny us."
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Rachel Naomi Remen
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97 Quotes by Rachel Naomi Remen
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