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The Joy Around You
By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)
The objects you decide to keep, the
ones that gave you the spark of joy? In her book, Joyful: The Surprising
Treasure them from now on. When WŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ KƌĚŝŶĂƌLJ dŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂƚĞ
you put things away, you can actu- Extraordinary Happiness, Ingrid Fetell
ally audibly say, ‘Hey, thank you for >ĞĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ
the good work today...’ By doing so, to seek happiness instead of joy.
it becomes easier for you to put the tŚŝůĞ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ůŽŶŐͲůĂƐƟŶŐ͕ ũŽLJ ŝƐ
objects away and treasure them, momentary. However, research has
which prolongs the spark of joy envi- begun to show that moments of joy
ronment. ĂƌĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ >ĞĞ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐ͗
-Marie Kondo
A body of research is emerging that
Many people are discussing Ma- demonstrates a clear link between our
rie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ͘
Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese For example, studies show that peo-
ƌƚ ŽĨ ĞĐůƵƩĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ KƌŐĂŶŝnjŝŶŐ͘ In ple with sunny workplaces sleep bet-
her book, Kondo urges readers to get ter and laugh more than their peers
rid of anything they own that does ŝŶ ĚŝŵůLJ ůŝƚ ŽĸĐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ
not “spark joy.” In contrast, anything improve not only people’s moods but
that does spark joy, she recommends ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ Ɛ / ĚĞůǀĞĚ ĚĞĞƉ-
cherishing and holding onto dearly. Ğƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ũŽLJ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ
But, what is joy? And why should we become less amorphous and abstract
care about it? ƚŽ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚĂŶŐŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂů͘ /ƚ
Mrs. Rifka Schonfeld has developed a special 6-Week
program to teach your child strategies on how to manage
anger with parents, siblings and friends.
A CALMER CHILD.
A CALMER HOME.
IN JUST 6 WEEKS!
CALL NOW FOR MORE DETAILS.
LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE.
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