"...It’s been a head-spinning political summer. There has been civic violence and gun violence and assassination attempts and intense heat and the sudden retirement of one candidate and the ascent of another. There’s a lot on the line this fall. We all have a lot to talk about. We have big decisions to make. As we do: I wonder if grounding in joy might help us plot a way forward. [snip]
"It’s telling, for instance, that one of the signs that Kamala Harris might be an awesome candidate is that right now, she helps us imagine a world where we are happy and happier together. She seems, well, joyful. As much as I love Harris, (and I really do), the end of this column is not really about her. It’s about the fact that it’s important to discover our joy. When we find that joy, it’s important to savor it. And it’s important to let that joy point us toward naming the big dreams about what our lives might feel like..." -- poet Tess Taylor, in a meditative essay for CNN, on the importance of seeking and discovering joy in our lives, and how it might be why the Harris- Walz ticket of two normal, joyful people is resonating with so many Americans now. As the naturally exuberant Walz himself says about Harris, she "emanates joy." That's a powerful force contrasting with the "chaos, hate and anger" of the Malignant Loser, the Junior Demagogue, and their cult.
