Oh yes.. a lightbulb moment about why I wigged out on the 'share joy' phrase!
Imagine two people, Patty and Rick, sitting on a park bench sharing a lunch. It's a beautiful day, a magnificent tree provides shade and all is good.
Patty happens to look down and sees a spider on the bench and thinks nothing of it. Rick is smiling, follows Patty's eyes and sees this enormous hairy spider coming straight at him. Rick's adrenaline kicks in as he jumps up, slapping his hands all over his head and body as he zigzags a good distance away bellowing like no tomorrow.
Ya see.. the spider, was the comment.. no biggie to most people, like Patty. However, when Rick saw the spider.. it just wasn't something that was tiny and easily squashed, that does a good eating insects. It was something scary, spooky and frightening to the core. Rick's reaction isn't the spider's fault or Patty's... it's just something Rick has trouble with.
