Masthash

#Joy

Kala Grogg
20 hours ago

The small delight of the wind blowing the fog horns loudly up the hill so I hear them over what was playing in my headphones. #joy

Amadeus Paulussen
1 day ago

When I'm feeling down, #listeningtomusic or #makingmusic, alongside #meditation or spending #timeinnature (with or without other beings), is the best way to help me out of #temporary #depression. I am so happy that I don't just have one #passion like this in my #life. Because time and again, I meet #lovelyhumans who don't know such #joy in their life (or such a reliable tool to go back to their balance). #music #musiclibrary #musicproduction

SONY walkman in my hand playing "Show Me Around" by Carly Pearce, with a view of our balcony and some trees and bushes in the backdrop.
Thomas
1 day ago

I took this picture when a colleague - and friend - showed me around in a busy shopping and market area in Bangalore where we stopped at a sugarcane juice bar. When I sipped my drink I watched a mother feeding her child some sugarcane juice. After 5 years, even without seeing the smile of the mother at the camera, I still remember the moment when we, two strangers, shared joy of watching a child discovering a new thing.

#india #karnataka #bangalore #children #joy

A scene with a mother helping her child with a sugarcane juice drink. The child sits on a counter top supported by the mother. The child looks a as if perplexed by the taste. The mother laughs at the camera. A sign above the counter reads "lemon". Both the mother and the child wear a bindi.
Adrian Segar
1 day ago

Why do you go to conferences? Spider Robinson said, "Shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased; thus do we refute entropy."

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/11/shared-pain-is-lessened-shared-joy-is-increased-thus-do-we-refute-entropy-spider-robinson

#meetings #sharing #joy #empathy #eventprofs

Shared pain is lessened: a black and white photograph of two people in conversation sitting and looking at each other over a cafe table.
PUB-X
1 day ago

https://www.pub-x.com/273941/ 231203 Joy Instagram Update (2) #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231203 Joy Instagram Update (2)
PUB-X
2 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/273827/ 231203 Joy Instagram Update #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231203 Joy Instagram Update
PT KOREA
2 days ago
231203 Joy Instagram Update (2)
Jill <><
2 days ago

Life is short. Do things that make your heart sing! 😊🌸

#life #love #practice #philosophy #joy

PUB-X
2 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/273504/ 231203 Red Velvet Instagram Update with Joy #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231203 Red Velvet Instagram Update with Joy
bernardo
2 days ago

#music is a big part of why i love #christmas, so much so i even had #christmasmusic playing in #july once! and naturally they’re a big part of my (carefully #curated!) #playlist in december. but for reasons i’ve been refraining from listening to them since #year2018 until right now, that i am going back to listening to all the christmas music from my (carefully curated!) library… time to #celebrate. to fill #life with #joy! #nowplaying #np #advent

PUB-X
2 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/273410/ 231203 Red Velvet Twitter Update with Joy #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231203 Red Velvet Twitter Update with Joy
Friend Computer
2 days ago

Attention citizens:

Inspired by new research showing that irregular positive feedback raises morale and increases loyalty within sample populations, Random Confetti Ejections have now been implemented.

Prepare for violent bursts of color and joy when you least expect it.

Surprise mandatory celebrations are the most effective celebrations.

#paranoia #psa #ttrpg #rpg #games #celebration #joy

Daily Dews of Hope
3 days ago

...My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.
📖Psalm 28:7(NIV)

Praise the Holy One who is enthroned among the praises, for He is good.
With all of our hearts, let us tell of all the wonderful deeds that the Lord has done for us.
Let us joyfully sing praises to our Lord our strength, and shield.
We are created to praise Almighty God and let us rejoice in the Lord and praise Him forever.

#DailyDewsofHope #DailyDevotion #December #hope #joy
🌐post.dewsofhope.ca/336e

Daily Dews of Hope
3 days ago

...என் இருதயம் களிகூருகிறது; என் பாட்டினால் அவரைத் துதிப்பேன்.
📖சங்கீதம் 28:7

துதிகளுக்குள் வாசமாயிருக்கிற பரிசுத்தரை துதியுங்கள், அவர் நல்லவர்.
கர்த்தர் நமக்கு செய்த அதிசயங்களையெல்லாம் விவரித்து நம் முழு இருதயத்தோடு துதிப்போம்.
நம் பெலனும் கேடகமுமாயிருக்கிற கர்த்தரை களிகூர்ந்து பாடித் துதிப்போம்.
தேவனையே துதிக்க சிருஷ்டிக்கப்பட்ட நாம் என்றும் அவரில் மகிழ்ந்து கர்த்தரை துதிப்போம்.

#அனுதினநம்பிக்கையின்பனித்துளி #DailyDewsofHope #DailyDevotion #faith #hope #joy
🌐post.dewsofhope.ca/336t

Catherine Ivers Norton
3 days ago

We just need to look for it.

www.catherineiversnorton.com

#ReadTheStain #writer #coach #psychology #spirituality #mindfulness #presence #awareness #joy #happiness

A girl with cute twin buns on top of her head hides beneath the fabric of her bright pink sweater that she has pulled up over her eyes. The caption reads, "Joy hides everywhere."
PUB-X
3 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/272680/ 231202 Joy Instagram Update #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231202 Joy Instagram Update
PUB-X
3 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/272600/ 231202 Joy Instagram Update (2) #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231202 Joy Instagram Update (2)
Kathleen Berry Author
3 days ago
Pursue uplifting activities that bring you joy. They help heal your inner wounds. Plus, when you share them with others, you ripple joyful energy to those around you. kathleenberry.com
Anne Camozzi
3 days ago

“Do you still not understand? Fling the emptiness out from
your arms
into the spades we breathe: maybe the birds will
feel the thinner air with a more inward flight.”
Rilke
Dunno Elegies -The First Elegy
My painting
“Flights of Fancy” in a private collection

#art #painting #mastoart #rilke #flightsoffancy #birds #ArtAdventCalendar #joy #whimsey

https://annecamozzi.com/details/345/download-watermarked

Three large birds with people nestled inside of them fly above a swirling vine this is a painting of joy and whimsy
PUB-X
3 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/272518/ 231202 Joy Instagram Update (4) #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231202 Joy Instagram Update (4)
PT KOREA
3 days ago
231202 Joy Instagram Update (3)
PUB-X
3 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/272423/ 231202 Joy Instagram Update (3) #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231202 Joy Instagram Update (3)
PT KOREA
4 days ago
231202 Joy Instagram Update (2)
Der Leiermann
4 days ago

Ein neuer Text auf dem #Leiermann - #Blog: #Comfort and #Joy. Weihnachten in England von unserer Autorin Christiane Wilms - samt Fotos und #Rezept für einen Plumpudding.

#Tradition #Küche #Backen #England #Weihnachten #Christmas @thomas_stiegler @AndreaStrobl @ChristianSchaller
https://www.blog.der-leiermann.com/weihnachtsbraeuche-in-england/

T. T. Perry
4 days ago

What's bringing you #joy today?

#transjoy #enbyjoy #queerjoy

PT KOREA
5 days ago

https://www.ptkorea.com/186921/ 231130 Red Velvet TikTok Update with Irene, Seulgi and Joy #Joy #ParkSooYoung #RedVelvet

231130 Red Velvet TikTok Update with Irene, Seulgi and Joy
PUB-X
5 days ago

https://www.pub-x.com/271463/ 231130 Red Velvet TikTok Update with Irene, Seulgi and Joy #Joy #ParkSoo-young #RedVelvet

231130 Red Velvet TikTok Update with Irene, Seulgi and Joy

Life has taught me that the joy I seek is often right by my side.

It is only as we cherish life’s daily little joys that its bigger joys unfold to us as we journey through life.

https://medium.com/midform/a-clip-from-my-beautiful-life-f394a1009842?source=friends_link&sk=b84695542dac5c5f275a1b83802c3265
#home #family #life #joy

Kent Brewster
5 days ago

Wishing everyone just a little more joy this season. And a honu, too! A big red happy honu! #kauai #joy #holidaylights

The word JOY, spelled out in colorful lights. Each letter is five feet tall; the J is blue, the O is red, and the Y is green. The O is a Hawaiian-petroglyph-style honu, with head, tails, and flippers.
Bonnie (she/her)
5 days ago

Doctor Who: Star Beast critics have missed the point entirely

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a45951111/doctor-who-trans-rose-lgbtq-queer/

> Doctor Who has always been queer.

It's one of the reasons I love this show so much. For all of us who didn't fit in for whatever reason it gave us a home.

#DoctorWho #joy

WIST Quotations
5 days ago

A quotation from Curie, Marie:

«
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/curie-marie/65081/

#quote #quotes #quotation #child #discovery #glory #joy #nature #sights

thezerobit
6 days ago

Hope is the expectation of positive outcomes, and despair is the expectation of negative outcomes. Hope sets us up for failure, disappointment and even despair, when things inevitably don't work out as we expect. Instead of swinging between those poles, we can find peace living in reality in the present, knowing that outcomes will be a mixed bag, always. Joy doesn't come from hope, it comes from acceptance and gratitude.
#Joy #Peace #Hope

WIST Quotations
1 week ago

A quotation from Bible, vol. 1, Old Testament:

«
I shall change their mourning into gladness, comfort them, give them joy after their troubles.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bible-ot/21457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #comfort #gladness #God #grief #joy #mourning #sorrow

Aabra Mastodon, PDX stereotype
1 week ago

Puddles returns in 2024, true believers. #portland , #seattle , Ohio, Indiana, Florida, let’s go! #livemusic #joy

https://www.puddlespityparty.com/dates/

Puddles wants to sing to and with you

Ahh! I hope you've had a great weekend, to decompress and to enjoy your world.

If the thought of tomorrow's return to work brings you anxiety, though: know that there are ways to shift that! It would be my pleasure to help*.

* contact info in my profile, no obligation

#lifeCoach #authenticity #joy #balance #satisfaction #iLoveMyJob

Watercolour selfie, colourful, with an abstract kandinsky print in the background:

smiling, my palm is raised to the camera, fingers spread wide. On my palm, handwritten, is: 

choose joy!
SingingPups
1 week ago

A walk on a winter’s day that brought me much joy and peace.

#joy # peace #woods #winter #cats #catsofmastodon #nature #naturephotography #dogs #dogsofmastodon

A cat’s left front leg appears next to a tree in the woods.
A white dog and black cat in the woods next to a stone wall.
A winter’s view of our pasture and and woods.
Turpentine Creek
1 week ago

Mauri Lion makes the best stinky face while playing with her pumpkin enrichment. Your gifts on the pumpkin fundraiser have certainly brought a lot of joy to the animals here at the sanctuary. THANK YOU, again!

#mauri #TCWR #TurpentineCreek #thankyou #pumpkin #nrichment #gifts #joy #joyful #RescueToRefuge #FundFreedom #Sanctuary #BigCat #Cats #lions #lion #reels #reelit #reelitfeelit #reelsviral #animalvideo #shorts #shortvideo #catvideo #adorable

Heron&Fox Photo
1 week ago

25% off #sale on wall #Art like #posters and #Canvas #Prints:
A #photograph of the #flower of the #champack or #magnoliachampaca #magnolia #champaca and a cluster of leaves.
The chamaca is native to the #IndoMalasian region, and primarily grows in #humid, #subtropical climates.
During #rainy season, the chamaca can grow in height at a rate of inches per day.
The aroma of the #flowers is a principal component of #JoyPerfume / #Joy #Perfume. The #fragrance of the flowers can be overwhelming even from several feet away. It is extremely sweet, but not obnoxiously so. There is a #powerful and #unique #floral scent that plays a perfect counterpoint to the sweetness.

Get a print at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/magnolia-champaca-flower-heron-and-fox.html

#FlowersOfMastodon, #FloweringTree, #Photography

A photograph of a yellow champaca flower with a yellow cone in the center and yellow petals around it. A green champaca leaf emerges from under the flower.
iamcanehdian :mstdn:
1 week ago

What are you truly grateful for right now?

#joy #BeTheLightThatYouAre #silentsunday

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. The point is whatever is inside the cup, is what will spill out. Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which will happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled. So, we have to ask ourselves, "What's in my cup?" When life gets tough, what spills out? Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility? Or does anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions come out?  You choose! Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, kindness, gentleness and love for others.
iamcanehdian :mstdn:
1 week ago

Please take a moment to post something you find positive joyful uplifting.

#joy #BeTheLightThatYouAre #silentsunday

Deep red and orange sky.
Deep red and orange sky.
Pseudo Nym
1 week ago

We can feel contradictory things at the same time.

I'm loving the beautiful, spring-like weather, and dreading the fact that it is the end of November.

I'm fully aware of the existential threat of climate change, and worry for the world my child will live through.

And at the same time, I think it's important to take joy where and when we can. Not blindly, but consciously, and intentionally.

#kid #parent #climate #joy

So I will try to enjoy playing in the park with them, while I can

Artists complaining about AI generated content like coachmens complaining about invention of cars.
Meanwhile me enjoying AI generated content ’cuz it’s fucking boskie:
#art #AI #dance #fyp #joy

gal dancing in a kitchen next to a dude eating next to table, an panels of generated AI images in stylizing the dance in wholesome manner

@AnarchistFederation

musicians and artists Thom Yorke, Es Devlin, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and Love Ssega;

So many of my musical influences (okay, my heroes) in this list of signatories.

#Joy, #Musicians rejoice

nak
2 weeks ago

Whether you are feeling #thankful, #joy, #pain, or anything in between, you are worthy of existence. Hold on to #hope and know you have made it through each day so far and you will make it to see tomorrow.

If you need support, you can text TWLOHA to 741741 or use their FIND HELP Tool to explore resources near you: https://twloha.com/find-help/

Ruchika
2 weeks ago

I couldn’t help but notice all three colors on this giant tree! So grateful for the beauty all around!
Happy Thanksgiving🍁✨

#grateful #gratefulheart #joy #beauty #nature #chicago #fall #thanksgiving #colors #tree #trees #treesofmastodon #inspiration

Gorgeous tree with all three colors of fall!
Charlotte Joanne
2 weeks ago

What if you had to live with the consequences of your actions forever? How would that change your choices, your attitude, your relationships? This is the #Philosophy of living every day as if you have to live with the consequences forever. It means being mindful, responsible, compassionate and honest. It means not taking anything for granted, not wasting time on trivial matters, not hurting others or yourself. It means living with #Integrity, #Purpose and #Joy.

Richard Manley-Tannis
2 weeks ago

New additions have been added to the A Deacon's Musing #Joy photo collection.
How have you been hope today?
#UCCan #CreativeCommons #ShineOn
https://www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.1698407353504824&type=3

SURJ Bay Area
2 weeks ago

Charlie Amáyá Scott is a Diné scholar born and raised within the Navajo Nation. Charlie reflects, analyzes, and critiques what it means to be Diné, #Queer, and Trans in the 21st century on her personal blog, dineaesthetics.com, while inspiring #joy and #justice to thousands on Instagram and TikTok at dineaesthetics.

In this photo, Charlie looks at the camera with her arms raised behind her head. She wears rectangular glasses, a burgundy shirt with white lettering that is partially blocked by a bright yellow print shirt with a floral motif, but relays a sentiment around reclaiming Indigenous Queer Existence.   She is standing in front of a desert backdrop.

"You don't have to be crazy, but sometimes it sure helps." My dead dad, coming to visit for SAD Thanksgiving hallucinations. This is my reply. #FoodForThought #Mania #SAD #JOY #ArtAsMeditation #HumpDay #Wednesday https://youtu.be/fzy7-koXL8I

Resiliency Technical
2 weeks ago

You: Thinking the #goodtimes will be coming back and everything will be alright

Me: Thinking the good times are the intentional seeking of #joy combined with what we make of the present

We are not alike.

Sharon Cummings Art (Official)
3 weeks ago

Spreading some joy with 25% Off Greeting Cards Today Only. Suitable for Framing!

These displayed are winter cards, but my entire portfolio is available HERE:

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sharoncummingsart/shop/greeting+cards

#art #artmatters #support #artists #haiku #poetry #poems #fun #cute #gifts #greeting #greetingcard #greetingcards #fedigiftshop #love #kindnessmatters #joy #hope #giftideas

Colorful greeting cards by artist Sharon Cummings.
jade
3 weeks ago

Autumn in #Michigan is inarguably beautiful. #Joy

A suburban tree line with a beautiful orange and red leaf tree front and center with some evergreens and leafless deciduous trees to the right and life. Behind them is clear blue sky of a chilly Midwest autumn.
Sharon Cummings Art (Back Up)
3 weeks ago

we advertise sales
we pray for a miracle
we emphasize art!

#MastoPrompt emphasis

Every artist I know works HARD to be seen and to survive. Easy Street isn't even on our GPS.
When you support an Independent Artist, you are spreading joy!

Today is 25% off Greeting Cards. Suitable for framing.

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sharoncummingsart/shop/greeting+cards

#art #artmatters #support #artists #haiku #poetry #poems #fun #cute #gifts #greeting #greetingcard #greetingcards #fedigiftshop #love #kindnessmatters #joy #hope #giftideas

graphic design of a red heart being hugged and the words This Year Give A Gift That Gives Twice!  Buy from an independent artist.  Make two people happy!  By artist Sharon Cummings.

Little skater pulls off a kick flip and becomes elated at the idea of it. His name is Noah and I guess he worked really har practicing it. What joy.

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyPNOSYvEHM/

#Skateboarding #Skateboarder #Joy #Success #Practice

Young boy doing a kick flip in slow motion on a sidewalk. Afterward he shows a face of disbelief and begins running around, dancing, and waving his arms around in happiness.
Steve Henderson Fine Art
1 month ago

The holiday season can be an insanely busy one, or it can be one in which we joyfully immerse ourselves in the lights and color and songs and festivities. Most likely we'll do a little of both, or something in between. May the upcoming holiday season be filled with moments of quiet joy and reflection.

All Wrapped Up greeting card -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/all-wrapped-up-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

#christmas #santa #holidays #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #greetingcard #joy #colorful

Greeting card of an original oil painting by Steve Henderson featuring Santa Claus in the midst of wrapping presents.

Here’s some joy to cleanse your palette from the spookiness of the holiday, or the state of the world, or personal traumas.

(1 of 2)

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CygSfOIIPov/

Hat tip: @laughingmama

#Music #Animals #Joy #Kindness #Foxes #Cows

Man in a t-shirt and shorts standing on a mountainside with a forest behind and below him, playing a banjo as a fox cautiously and curiously circles around him to listen.

La dupla Joy + Chandler eran lo mejor de Friends. Serie que, por cierto, es mi sitcom favorita.

¡Gracias por tantas carcajadas! 🥹💔

#MatthewPerry #Chandler #Joy #Friends

Joy y Chandler de Friends.
SallyABL
1 month ago

Hello. Here's another of last night's sunset. Taken just a few minutes before the photo I shared last night, it's interesting to compare the change of colours.

Other photo - https://aus.social/@SallyABL/111300677275601210

Please enjoy.

#Peaceful #Joy #Sunset #LakeBurleyGriffin #Canberra #Australia #Clouds #Lake #SunsetPhotography #LBG #CBR #Nature #NaturePhotography #Nature #Ripples #Clouds #Atmospheric #Moody #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #Reflection

Standing on the edge of the wster looking through trees to sunset onbthe horizon. Soft orange and mauve co.ours are reflected on gently rippling water.
SallyABL
1 month ago

Hello. Leaving work this evening I spotted the tail end of what would have been a fabulous sunset. A quick detour to the lake and am delighted I managed to soak up the last of it.

See what you think.

#Sunset #LakeBurleyGriffin #Canberra #Australia #Clouds #Lake #SunsetPhotography #LBG #CBR #Nature #NaturePhotography #Nature #Ripples #Clouds #Atmospheric #Moody #Photography #Joy #PhotoOfTheDay

Looking across the lake to a light glow of orange and mauve colours along the horizon. There are gentle ripples on the water around a cluster of reeds to the right. There is an interesting collection of clouds scattered across the sky,. It is a calm, peaceful and gentle image.
Drew
1 month ago

#Rocknroll #Rock #Punk #PunkMusic #Manifesto #DADA #Surrealism #Joy #meaning #Music

A manifest I have written about the form we call Dad-Rock that will one day be called DADA Rock.

YES: I know the universe is ridiculous.

No: I will not stop trying to enjoy it.

https://m1a1-thesockmonkey.blogspot.com/2023/10/tooling-for-fools-manifesto-of.html

Steve Henderson Fine Art
1 month ago

What I like about paintings is that they tell stories, and these stories are fluid. While I, as the painter, have thoughts in mind as my hand holds the brushes, every viewer sees the image with their own experience at heart, and the story they see is as individual as they are.

Twilight Romance canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/twilight-romance-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#love #romance #dance #couple #sunset #music #violin #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #joy #lake #story #life #painting

Canvas print of an original oil painting by Steve Henderson, depicting a man and woman dancing on the docks next to a rowboat.
Steve Henderson Fine Art
1 month ago

If sailboats could smile, this one was -- on a perfect sunny day with just enough breeze to be brisk, and warm golden rays from above adding light and warmth to the mix. It was a day to just get out and explore, not worrying about any particular destination, but being satisfied with the journey itself.

Just Breezin' canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/just-breezin-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#sailing #sail #weekend #ocean #art #artwork #stevehenderson #painting #oil #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #bluesky #joy

Canvas print of an original painting depicting a schooner sailboat out on the bay on a sunny day.

Wow. This is everything, all in one article, that I teach so many of my clients:

"You feel worn out because you *are* worn out. We've been taught this is the virtuous way to live.

Would you like to reconsider that?" ❤

@dyckron #stress #joy #health #overwhelm #chronicPain #lifeExpectancy https://mstdn.ca/@dyckron/111275186500694917

@bigzaphod

No #use #beating #yourself about that

If you do what #you do, that is something #noone else can.

That is far more than enough

It's called #personality
These #vfx (probably bought ?) are not making the #video interesting.

The #core #info is what matters.
And #followers dont matter.

Just do what you do for #yourself and #those that #care

PS:
"#Comparison is the #thief of #joy"

Steve Henderson Fine Art
1 month ago

Do we laugh enough in our society today? I wonder. We certainly argue, cancel, get offended, disagree with one another, and worry enough -- probably because we watch, and believe, the "news." But laughter? Real laughter, of joy, not derision? I bet we'd be happier if we did that more.

Brimming Over art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/brimming-over-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

#beach #ocean #travel #woman #joy #happy #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #blue #oregon #nature #painting #ayearforart #colorful

Art print of an original painting depicting a woman holding a basket of fabric at the beach, and laughing.
Steve Henderson Fine Art
2 months ago

Grace is the act of granting to others understanding and compassion when they "don't deserve" it. it's easier to give when we remember how many times others have done the same for us. (And if they haven't, how we wish that they had.)

Grace canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/grace-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#dance #dancer #pink #woman #beauty #grace #art #artwork #painting #ocean #beach #fediart #mastoart #mastodonart #buyintoart #ayearforart #stevehenderson #joy #oil #colorful #coast #quote #thoughts #freedom

Canvas print of an original oil painting by Steve Henderson depicting a woman dressed in pink and dancing by the sea.
Marje (the ‘e’ is silent)
2 months ago

The Baby has had a Big Day - sitting up, eating cereal, celebrating her first half birthday.

She is a delight, and I feel so lucky to be her mom.
#baby #joy

A smol human in a high chair is eating a spoon. There’s a bowl of baby oatmeal and a toy caterpillar in the foreground
A baby wearing striped shirt and pants sits on a blanket of colorful squares, like a big kid or something.
A happy baby laying on a blanket of colorful squares. She is six months old, and loved dearly.
Steve Henderson Fine Art
2 months ago

A family lived there, filling the hallways with the sounds of children's feet -- running, stomping, tip-toeing, dancing, leaping, walking, jumping. And the house glowed with joy.

The Broughton House greeting card -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-broughton-house-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

#house #home #family #life #joy #neighborhood #town #history #mastodon #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #stevehenderson #greetingcard #light #glow #art #artwork #buyintoart #ayearforart #painting #washington #building #architecture #mansion #nostalgia

Greeting card of an original oil painting by Steve Henderson depicting a large, two-storey country home.
Steve Henderson Fine Art
2 months ago

This is the thing about taking time out for people: you simply have to do it. It isn't efficient, it isn't business-like, it isn't high tech or fashionable or trendy. It's simply very, very important.

Tea for Two art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/tea-for-two-steve-henderson.html

#christmas #holiday #santa #santaclaus #season #december #celebrate #noel #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastodon #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #home #tea #magical #fedigiftshop #life #truth #joy #friends #friendship

Art print of an original oil painting by Steve Henderson depicting a young girl enjoying a cup of tea with Santa Claus.
Dr. Nancy Wayne ✅
2 months ago

#ThrowbackThursday #Joy

Summer, 2008 when my daughter (right) and cousin (left) were joyful girls. Annual visits from LA where we lived to Metro Detroit where family lives cemented their bond. And they're still close friends from afar, with occasional in-person visits. I love little girl, upside-down joy!

I'm hoping I've just got a snottery beak because the house is cool but my ears are playing up and I have an irritating cough.
#life #joy #bugger

Andrew Wooldridge 🌱
2 months ago

Continuing my healing journey from a heart double bypass surgery. Tomorrow is my birthday, and I’m so grateful to be alive. I’m only 53, and it’s weird to say “only’ as society says that is already ‘old’. But to be honest ive never felt more ‘on’ in terms of technical skills, creativity, and desire to thrive. Appreciate every day you are alive, no matter what your age, and I hope you find something to take joy in today. #thrive #recovery #joy #sunday

"The secret of life, of abundant life, with its strength, its felicity, and its unbroken peace is to find the Divine Centre within oneself, and to live in and from that, instead of in that outer circumference of disturbances."
James Allen
#mindset #integrity #abundance #joy #inspirational

Andrew Wooldridge 🌱
2 months ago

It’s amazing that I can be sitting in my morning shrouded living room in a random town in Oregon, typing on a second hand iPad, while the rest of my family sleeps. And that this message can travel the world in seconds where good people can encounter it and perhaps have it resonate with them is just beyond magic? We take many things for granted in modern times, and forget how different the world is now vs say in the 80’s.

I hope you find something to take #joy in today. And perhaps pause a moment and let the troubles of the world fade for a second and ponder some of the amazing good things that are happening.

Good news doesn’t sell ads, but we can be a force for #hope and stand against darkness on a day to day basis.

Sophie
3 months ago

Send in your #poems, #stories, amusing #anecdotes, #art, #joy, #frustrations, #challenges, #celebrations of #parenting

Let’s share what it means to #parent while #queer and to queer #parenthood!

DEADLINE IS OCT 1st

https://screamingintothefuture.com/collab-zine-call-queer-parenting/

Call for Submissions: Are you a queer parent? Queering the Idea of Parenting? Parenting a queer kid? Send text or art!
We’re looking for Text (poetry, fiction, reflection, personal narratives), visual art
What you get: Zines! Love and Admiration!
Andrew Wooldridge 🌱
3 months ago

Look, the world sucks, everything sucks. OK. But instead of just lying there simmering in suck - go outside. Go for a walk. Hug a tree. Play a game. Do something joyful in defiance of the darkness all around. Call your mom. Pet a puppy. Throw rocks into a pond. Just don’t let the darkness of the constant news flow ruin another day - a day that is a gift beyond measure. #joy #life #mentalhealth

Ether Diver
3 months ago

Whichever one of you glorious folks spent today listening to most of my back catalog, I just wanted to say THANKS. Especially as I see mostly/nearly all complete listens/no skips!

I typically focus my promotion on my latest material, so it's always gratifying to see someone has, of their own volition, decided to engage deeply with my older work.

If that was you and you see this, holler, I want to give you some free download codes if you want them.

#Music #Listening #MusiciansOfMastodon #joy

Wife (as she zooms past): This is what all cycle paths should be like.

Me (as I hurry to catch up): Yeah, they should.

#Joy #Cycling

Sophie
3 months ago

Hello beautiful #trans / #nonbinary / #genderqueer / #genderNonConforming / #twoSpirit / cisn’t siblings!

Don’t forget the Mapping Trans Joy is a project to uplift our #joy during these trying times. Stop by to see what others have recorded, and share some of your own joy

💜💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️💜💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️💜💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

https://www.mappingtransjoy.org/

#transJoy #mapping #joyIsResistance @transjoy @mappingtransjoy

Cosima
3 months ago

Tell people if their action matters to you!

Today a parent bringing their child to the local kindergarten said: "you're motivating me every day!" 😊

What I am doing: I'm #running or #walking each morning this very street at about the similar time. Mainly doing it for my own #mentalhealth. 🏃🏼‍♀️☯️

Knowing that, apparently, I am radiating a bit of my own #motivation to that other human MADE MY DAY already. 😊

#gratitude #connection #joy

This unidentified guitarist is absolutely delightful. He emanates happiness.

But there’s more. Wait for it…

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv7p602uLH6/

#Happiness #Joy #Guitar #Guitarist #StreetPerformer #Dance

Man wearing a black jacket and jeans with roughed up hair, holding a yellow acoustic guitar, playing and dancing in a small street shop with bright fluorescent lights.

Watching this video broke open my feelings for the first time in...forever 🌺

#dance #hope #people #joy #music

https://youtu.be/RKK9dIBJJks

Stephen Anfield
3 months ago

Perhaps the modernized hat tip—removing one’s ear buds to say hello—is more powerful than we could’ve ever imagined.

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

- Desmond Tutu

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/08/23/1193148718/why-a-strangers-hello-can-do-more-than-just-brighten-your-day

#life #joy #community #people #HelloWorld 🙂

SallyABL
4 months ago

Cootamundra (purple) wattle (Acacia baileyana purpurea)

Stunning purple-grey leaves complementing lush golden yellow flowers. Perfection.

How good is #MotherNature.

#WildOz #NativeOz #Nature #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Joy #Trees #Photography #Photo #Australia #Wattle #Acacia #Colours #PhotoOfTheDay

As described.
Justice💙:toad: LICSW
4 months ago

Small pleasure. I captured a moment of this magnificent butterfly feasting on the nectar of a flowering bush. #photography
Feeling grateful to experience pure joy of this moment. I hope you can witness this photo and it brings you a modicum of pleasure. 🦋💙 #ThisToo #presence #joy despite the #pain of humanity

Butterfly feeding on pink Flower on green bush
George Penney
4 months ago

Behold the MAJESTY of an old fashioned English HIGH TEA

WITNESS the fruit SCONES with clotted cream of +10 artery smite, CAKES, triangle sandwiches of GREATNESS, jam pennies, TEA, and FREAKIN JELLY CUPS! (Jelly cups!)

Happiness reigns supreme

I am now a being of pure CAFFEINE and SUGAR. Bahaha

(I was going to write a much more detailed and charming post here about Tony springing this wonderful high tea on me for a late lunch today. But frankly, I'm pinging off the walls with sugar and jittering like a two year old who's spotted the sweetie aisle in the supermarket. I don't think I've had this much party food since I was five. My heart rate is doing 120 miles an hour. I may have evolved to a new form of being that can only survive on scones and cake.)

#food #joy

The greatness you are beholding here is hard to describe as I have now eaten it and am full of so much caffeine and sugar I have evolved into a jitter bug, but I shall try. There is a three-tier cake stand to one side, a tea pot and a salad plate that is faking healthiness. They are all pretty blue porcelain. That is not important. What is important are the little triangle sandwiches with the crusts cut off, the cake and scones that could either be used in armed combat or as food. Having eaten them, I'm still not sure. And the top layer which includes the jam pennies - jam sandwiches. And finally the jelly cups. Red jelly--or jello if you're from the States--with whipped cream and sprinkles on top. You inner 5 year old is totally losing their proverbial mind right now. You want to eat all the things!
Vitalia Ann Conners (She/They)
4 months ago

I'd like to announce not one, but TWO new #Discord servers for #Neurodivergent people in the #UpstateNY area! Both have been in the works for a while, but have now actually launched. If they apply to you and you're interested, I would be overjoyed if you joined either or both. If the links have expired by the time you're reading this, feel free to message me.

The first is a general server for #Autistic people with any connections to anywhere in Upstate NY. Open-minded #Allies seeking to listen to autistics and become better allies are also welcome. It's a #SafeSpace for building #Community, making #Friends, chatting, and possibly hanging out together IRL or planning #LocalActivism. This server is pro #Neurodiversity, pro #SelfDX, #Intersectional, and not for parents or service providers (unless you're autistic yourself).
Link: https://discord.gg/vGe73BUp

The second is for the Neurodivergent #Solarpunk #Anarchist Community Space. This is a very long-term project for a brick-and-mortar #Cooperative community space in the #FingerLakes area. The hope is that, when the place can actually be built, it will be a site for #MutualAid, #Permaculture, #Education, #Recreation, and all sorts of other projects of, by, and for the community, with the overarching goal of building and supporting neurodivergent solarpunk anarchist community at a local level. This cooperative also embodies the hope of bringing genuine #Joy, #Connection, and #Inspiration to the world as a whole.
Link: https://discord.gg/A4skx6St