“Congrats to Levi, and to Mark, and Off on a Tangent...”

A couple weeks ago I mentioned Life of Levi, and since then I've been reading it semi-regularly (though I wish he'd follow up on some of his stories!).

Yesterday he announced that he and "the love of his life," Melissa, are getting married at the end of the month.

My friend Mark is marrying soon, too. At the end of July, he and Michelle will start their life together.

Life can be very hard, for all of us. Take and share what joy you find, whenever and wherever you find it. Not pleasure, which is fleeting, selfish, and nearly worthless, but actual joy. Joy in the union of two hearts, joy in faith or hope, joy in learning (or helping someone else learn) something new, joy in a baby's cry, joy in old friends, joy in Spring's colors. Joy in just being able to put aside your troubles for a few minutes.

(In case it isn't obvious, I wrote the subject and this postscript after the rest! Originally I was just going to post a "congrats" blurb to Levi.)