Share your joy (youtube clips, stories, etc)

[Lady]

So I am a moderator for a fairly big named celeb in the UK's website that has a big following in bipolar circles and to try to boost moods a bit the bipolar section of the website started posting youtube videos and song lyric and anything that made them happy at the time. So lets share the links and things that make us happy...sort of like a love off with youtube and stuff.

I'll start and I'll post a youtube clip next go round but tonight I'm going to mention something going on right now...

Saturday someone toxic from my past contacted me after 4.5 years of being gone and even though I ignored her for my health my brain dropped into a bad place. I stopped drinking so I was getting dehydrated and yesterday after my shower I blacked out. Thank god I managed to stumble to a chair so I didn't pass out but it was scary. Not the place I want to have drama either in a hostel bathroom in Switzerland.

This morning I was scheduled to head to Edinburgh and I just woke up with a spring in my step. Toxic person is still out there in the ether but I am in my happy/safe place. The United Kingdom lifts my soul soooo much it is impossible to describe. I've got a sprained ankle and someone on the bus put my luggage up and gave me their seat. I already knew where everything was so I wasn't disoriented. I got two bits of nice and exciting news. Seriously....the United Kingdom as a whole but especially Edinburgh and London is my joy.


So....what things and places and people are your joy?

[BecomingKind]

http://youtu.be/5OmMPaLmxKg

[in_media_res]

When you're wrapped up in despair, or anger, or remorse it can be profoundly difficult to open your heart. I've watched this several times now -- it always helps me reconnect. I think it's beautiful. I'm particularly moved by the scene at 6:00+ minutes in, when they talk about looking at the sky and how it always is changing and is never quite the same. When I'm out, and struggling, I try to remember to look at the sky so I can take in the wonder of the world as it exists at just that moment.

http://youtu.be/gXDMoiEkyuQ

I hope it brings peace to you.

[Lady]

Thanks so much for sharing! Both of those links were awesome!

Something that almost always makes me laugh is the web series "The Guild" which follows a group of MMORPG nerds through their interactions. It's one of the funniest yet in many ways true to life representations of nerd culture.

Here's the link to episode one (episodes are never longer than 15 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCTXGW3sxQ

and a quote from a later episode...
Vork: Women, can't live with them. They will not date me.