{"id":2154,"date":"2024-11-01T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2024-10-02T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:02:35","slug":"the-nature-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/11\/01\/the-nature-of-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"The nature of joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2024\/01\/Jo-Hawkins-2024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Jo Hawkins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2024\/01\/Jo-Hawkins-2024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2024\/01\/Jo-Hawkins-2024-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A smile shared with a stranger<br \/>\nA secret admiration<br \/>\nQuietly shared<br \/>\nLoneliness banished<\/p>\n<p>Helliconian dreams<br \/>\nRemembered on waking<br \/>\nA problem solved<br \/>\nWithout effort<\/p>\n<p>Shared memories<br \/>\nOf travels<br \/>\nWhere the destination<br \/>\nDidn\u2019t matter<\/p>\n<p>Innocence informing<br \/>\nNew experiences<br \/>\nIn darkened rooms<br \/>\nDuring the day<\/p>\n<p>A cool breeze<br \/>\nAfter effort earned<br \/>\nOn sun dappled skin<br \/>\nFresh creation completed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also by this Author:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/09\/15\/the-cinderella-phenomenon\/\">The Cinderella phenomenon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/08\/14\/why-every-hospital-deserves-a-ward-for-palliative-care\/\">3 years in<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/07\/27\/flowers-in-the-dark\/\">Flowers in the dark<\/a><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077 &nbsp; A smile shared with a stranger A secret admiration Quietly shared Loneliness banished Helliconian dreams Remembered on waking A problem solved Without effort Shared memories Of travels Where the destination [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2024\/11\/01\/the-nature-of-joy\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poets-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}