Peace, love and joy

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Happy holidays. This season can be so complex. Fraught with expectations and demands. I saw the new Will Smith movie in The Pursuit of Happyness today which is the kind of movie that I had to fight the tears back - and reflected the massive struggle that life can be and how during the holidays these feelings are often amplified. Saw it at The Grove an outdoor mall, which was dressed up in over-the-top lights and holiday cheer that stood in stark constrast to the pain and strife of "not having" enough that had occured in the story. Thought the characters in the story were struggling in a physical way that I (fortunately) have never had to, the pain of that struggle was very universal (I think) and for me often hit very close to home.

The trick of being happy...

Babies, my baby can be so happy and full of joy most of the time (when not strapped into the car seat for long stretches) that corny as it sounds really brings me back to the elemental carefree joy of just being in the world. Peace and joy, love and smiles.