Joy’s Writing

A bowlful at a time
Joy Reichart Joy Reichart

A bowlful at a time

Capturing a single memory from the vastness of our story is like holding a drinking glass under a waterfall. 

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We are instruments
Joy Reichart Joy Reichart

We are instruments

We are all instruments for divine love. It’s music that’s easy to recognize.

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What I know to be true
Joy Reichart Joy Reichart

What I know to be true

Now I get what the Buddhists are talking about when they state, over and over again, that we are going to lose everything.

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Keeping our hearts open anyway
Joy Reichart Joy Reichart

Keeping our hearts open anyway

If we’re going to walk heart-first through this time of destruction and rebirth, we have to find ways not to be immune to the moments of pain, but to let them re-shape us.

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Why metaphor?
Joy Reichart Joy Reichart

Why metaphor?

Metaphor turns out to be a magical swiss army knife for the creative soul. And it is far more available to us than we realize.

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