Joy, what is joy, joy is a feeling happiness, compassion, love and warmth. Joy can’t be situated into one thing, because it isn’t one thing. Joy is a place, a place where you feel safe, joy is home. Home not just being a building with windows and walls, but home being the people who surround us, the people we choose to talk to, the people we choose to laugh and cry with. These people are our home. Home is the warm feeling that wraps around us, it’s the smile lines adjacent to our eyes, home is in people, our joy is in others. We find ourselves in others, we see the similarity between each-others humour, each-other’s eyes and smile. We see each-other in each-other, we see our joy in our homes, we see our homes in our people. Joy isn’t always a feeling of happiness though, it’s a feeling of warmth on a cold winters day, joy is the feeling of arms wrapping around the small of your back from the person you love. Joy is comfort, safety, trust. My home brings me joy.
Mackenzie McElroy Baradene College of the Sacred Heart
Note from the author: Home is the warm feeling that wraps around us, it’s the smile lines adjacent to our eyes, home is in people, our joy is in others.
