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Compassion & Acceptance: The Antidotes for Toxic Joy
Howard Thurman penned an essay titled "Joy is of Many Kinds" where he discusses the various ways in which we experience joy. After reading his essay, I wonder how he would have categorized the type of "joy" we see on Instagram? To be sure, there is a kind of faux, toxic, type of joy that can be found within our nicely curated Instagram accounts. However, the joy that we see embodied in Jesus, Tutu, and the Dalai Lama reveals to us that a sustainable joy asks us to accept and be compassionate towards ourselves and others lest we become ensnared by the subtleties of pride.
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