Microjoys : finding hope (especially) when life is not okay / Cyndie Spiegel.
"Bighearted and hopeful. Unflinchingly honest and healing. A profound compendium of intimate, inspiring essays and thoughtful prompts that will keep you afloat in difficult times and sustain you in the everyday. Microjoys are a practice of discerning hope and joy in each and every moment of our lives. They are accessible to all of us, at all times, if we can hone the ability to look for them. They are the hidden wisdom, subtle treasures, and ordinary delights that surround us: A polka-dot glass on a thrift store shelf. A cat that you didn't know you needed to adopt. A dear friend's kind message at just the right time. The neighborhood spice shop. A beloved family tradition. The simple quietude of being in love. A chai tea recipe. Cyndie Spiegel first began taking note of microjoys during the most difficult year of her life-when she experienced back-to-back unprecedented and devastating losses-and she found that these small moments of hope helped her move through each day with a semblance of comfort and a bit more joy. Through beautifully written narrative essays and prompts, Cyndie shares the microjoys that have kept her going through tough times and shows us how we can learn to see the microjoys in our own lives. Microjoys don't change the truth of loss or make grief any more convenient, but they allow us to momentarily touch joy, keeping us buoyed and moving forward, one step at a time"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593492222
- ISBN: 0593492226
- Physical Description: 256 pages ; 19 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Life, [2023]
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Microjoys : Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay
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Table of Contents
Microjoys : Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Preface | xiii | |
Introduction | xvii | |
What You Must also Know about Microjoys | xxvii | |
Part 1 | Observing Life: One Absurd, Ordinary, Miraculous Moment at a Time | |
The Spice Shop | 5 | |
The Polka-Dot Glass | 9 | |
Birthday Cake for All | 13 | |
Is That a Good Color? | 17 | |
In the Woods | 21 | |
The Unseen Wisdom of a Blank Canvas | 25 | |
A Glass Piggy Bank | 31 | |
Freckle Food Face | 35 | |
Sitting Idle | 39 | |
Seema's Masala Chai | 45 | |
The World as It Was | 51 | |
My Eyes Are Starving | 59 | |
Gifting Happiness | 65 | |
The Pleasure in All Things | 71 | |
Part II | Despite Everything, We Are Still Here | |
For Richer or Poorer | 81 | |
Busy Being Busy | 85 | |
New Year's Resolution Dress | 89 | |
And Then I Slept | 93 | |
When Gratitude Is Enough | 97 | |
Mundane Weekend Mornings | 101 | |
Belter. Enough | 105 | |
Autumn BBQ | 109 | |
Small Mercies | 113 | |
The Thanksgiving After | 119 | |
Summer Fridays in the City | 127 | |
Mother Love | 131 | |
A Pandemic Journal Entry for Difficult Times | 137 | |
On Twosday | 141 | |
A Girl-Child in Stiletto Heels | 147 | |
Time Is an Asshole. Wear the Gown | 153 | |
Part III | Becoming Enough: Relationships with Ourselves and Others | |
Metamorphosis | 165 | |
The Daily | 169 | |
Friendship on My Doorstep | 173 | |
Evolving | 177 | |
Oh. Ira | 181 | |
Breakdowns, Donuts, and a Winter Morning Run | 187 | |
Jake | 191 | |
Friendship Just in Time | 197 | |
So Many Feelings | 201 | |
Leonard | 205 | |
Just Walking | 213 | |
Too Early for Soft Pants | 217 | |
Papa Was a Rolling Stone | 221 | |
The Weird Lawn Chair People | 227 | |
Frendenfreude (Joy for Others' Joy) | 231 | |
A 3:00 a.m. Stranger at the Door | 235 | |
How to Lead | 241 | |
Conclusion | 247 | |
Acknowledgments | 253 |