1. i do it for the joy it brings
    because i’m a joyful girl
    because the world owes me nothing
    and we owe each other the world
    i do it because it’s the least i can do
    i do it because i learned it from you
    and i do it just because i want to because i want to

    everything i do is judged
    and they mostly get it wrong
    but oh well
    ‘cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged
    and the woman who lives there can tell
    the truth from the stuff that they say
    and she looks me in the eye
    and says would you prefer the easy way
    no, well o.k. then
    don’t cry

    i wonder if everything i do
    i do instead of something i want to do more
    the question fills my head
    i know there’s no grand plan here
    this is just the way it goes
    when everything else seems unclear
    i guess at least i know

    i do it for the joy it brings
    because i’m a joyful girl
    because the world owes me nothing
    and we owe each other the world
    i do it because it’s the least i can do
    i do it because i learned it from you
    and i do it just because i want to
    because i want to

    — joyful girl, ani difranco
     

    tags:  joy  purpose 

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