Choose joy

It often takes health scares or tragedy to focus your mind on the durable, indelible good stuff — including joy.

Why it matters: Joy isn’t simply a byproduct of good times. It can be an active choice in crappy ones.

My family has lived this lesson this past year. And it surfaced simple, surprising lessons applicable to all.

The backstory: My wife, Autumn, has endured a hellish medical journey all too familiar to too many. It started with one of those long-COVID horror stories you hear about — the brain fog, piercing migraines and stroke-like episodes. It rendered a voracious reader unable to read, and an eloquent speaker often unable to string words together.

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