Trust The Joy Inside You

Look for it, even when you're despairing.

Asclepius formidabilis (Griefbane) (1997), Dorothea Tanning

The central principle I work from whenever I answer a letter is this: No matter what your problems, limitations, anxieties, and very real obstacles in life, you still have direct access to joy. Joy is hiding everywhere — in the walls, under the floorboards, in all of the unsightly cracks in your…