I think it’s high time we had some more fun group inter­ac­tion, don’t you agree? So here’s my lat­est zany idea for get­ting to know one another: Below, I have listed 5 word pairs. Without over-thinking, stress­ing, or obsess­ing, choose the word from each pair that most res­onates with your essen­tial self. Go with your gut. Then post your string of cho­sen words in the com­ments sec­tion below. Read more

WOW! The Getting to Know You post from Wednesday was so much fun! It was fas­ci­nat­ing to see the diver­sity of this com­mu­nity as well as all the beau­ti­ful com­mon­al­i­ties. If you didn’t get in on the action, it’s never too late. Jump on in and tell us who you are! And, if you haven’t already done so, I encour­age you to read through the com­ment thread so you can get a bet­ter feel for some of the peo­ple who are part of the Being Joy com­mu­nity. Read more

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   Make some­one a home­made card.

2. Race some­body (to the car, to the couch, to the door, etc.).
3. Car dance.
4. Wear socks on a hard sur­face and go for a slide. Read more

1. Eat some­thing you love but haven’t had in a very long time.

2. Make a paper air­plane. (Bonus points if you test fly it at an inap­pro­pri­ate time, like at a busi­ness meeting.)

3. Wear your absolute favorite item of clothing.

4. Compliment a stranger. Read more

For those of you not famil­iar with the con­cept of found poetry, it is sim­ply “a type of poetry cre­ated by tak­ing words, phrases, and some­times whole pas­sages from other sources and refram­ing them as poetry.” (Thank you, dictionary.com.)  I have a lot of cool found poetry activ­i­ties I use with my 8^th grade English stu­dents, and I get a kick out of writ­ing this type of poetry myself from time to time. Read more