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The art of being delighted by your own life without needing a reason.
means A hearty, infectious enjoyment of being alive — the exuberant delight people notice in you before you've said a word.
from Straight from French: joie (joy) + de (of) + vivre (living/to live) — literally 'joy of living.' It slipped into English more or less intact in the 19th century, the way English often borrows French phrases wholesale when no native one feels quite as stylish or precise.
- literal meaning
- Joy of living, not joy of surviving
- not happiness
- It is appetite for life, not just mood
- untranslatable club
- English just imports the French, unembarrassed
- best spotted in
- People who dance badly but fully