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Jul 30, 2020Liked by Jonas Ellison

Jonas, I just got published a poem on 'happiness being of the personality and joy being of the soul'.

The fact of joy being an aspect of the soul indeed makes it all quite different from the human emotions of sadness, etc. The soul sees and feels life very differently from the personality.

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Jul 29, 2020Liked by Jonas Ellison

Hiya. Sorry about your cousin. Blessings to her family.

I was wondering if you've heard of Ross Gay. He has a book of essays he wrote over a year called the Book of Delights. This is one of my favourites from the book: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/02/11/loitering-is-delightful/

Beware: there's swears.

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