Tag Archives: joy

Holiday

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Climate change is bad, butthe all-expenses-paid trip you tookto Bermuda todaywith everyone else in the Tri-state areawas not bad, really, but good. How to account for it? Maybesoak in the rays, extend joyfulislander vibes to the other soulslucky enough to … Continue reading →

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Scheduled Attempts at Delight

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

In December, the people turn their attentionto joy.We don’t do it well, of course:the baubles are tacky, the sales crowded,we line up in a fifty-minute queueto see exactly what we already knew was going to happen,happen just as we knew … Continue reading →

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Safecracker

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

happinesscan be cultivatedperhapsboil the kettle for a cup of teaor go for a walkor write a twelve-part novel on the love life of the urban sasquatchand happiness could easily growin facthappiness is a little like crabgrassit doesn’t take all that … Continue reading →

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“It’s for the children isn’t it – Christmas”

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

So it has been said to me, over the course of my winters,by several older men, with sad eyes, kind manners, and, often, livesrough around the edges. And they’re right.Better than right: they live their creed,there when the lights need … Continue reading →

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The Baal Shem Tov

Posted on November 13, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

The Baal Shem Tov One might, in turn, believe and not believe in reincarnation, in order to say, “next life, I’d do it happier,” and then embrace this one.

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Flight Mode

Posted on March 13, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

The only things real are grief and joy. As seagulls try out wheelies in the sky between blacktops, my children earn their wings on toys that were a history lesson when I was young. I leave my cell on mute, … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Ice Cream as a Spiritual Practice

Posted on June 8, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

In Defense of Ice Cream as a Spiritual Practice First of all, ice cream is utterly destructive to the body. Let go of all the brittle little lies about calcium; please don’t talk to me of endorphins’ role in stress … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: The Man in the Ice Cream Truck

Posted on April 20, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

I don’t want to sound paranoid but the man in the ice cream truck has been following me my entire life. He waits for months at a stretch, keeping his truck in cold storage until I least expect it, or … Continue reading →

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A room in my heart

Posted on December 22, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Lord, I have prepared a little room in my heart for the child who is the light of the world. Nothing fancy: there’s hay everywhere, I’m afraid, and beneath the mess, the stone hasn’t been polished at all. You know, … Continue reading →

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The only pertinent theological question

Posted on August 22, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

The only pertinent theological question is, if you follow God, chase God madly, get on your knees, stretch out your arms, reach for God, lift God up, and tickle Her, will She giggle? May heaven and earth, once joined, resound … Continue reading →

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