Celebrity Mysteries and Meta-Joy
In this episode of Joy Moments, Sara shares her exhilarating experience of finally identifying a celebrity she spotted in an airport two years ago. We discuss the powerful dopamine rush that comes from solving a long-standing mystery and the unique joy of closure. Lacey and Sara also explore how delight in others creates ripples of joy in our own lives.
We dive into:
- Sara's two-year quest to identify a mystery celebrity from a chance airport encounter
- The euphoria of finally solving a persistent riddle while watching 30 Rock
- How showing delight in others amplifies joy in relationships
- The concept of "meta joy" - finding joy in others' joy
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Submit your own joy moment
- 7 Day Easy Challenge - Starting September 2nd
- Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation - Supporting families with children in the NICU
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Transcript
Foreign where small moments shared create ripples of joy.
Speaker A:I am Lacy, your co host who's hanging on by a thread today because of lack of sleep.
Speaker A:But it's okay because we're here celebrating joy.
Speaker A:Here we go, Sarah.
Speaker A:Hi, Sarah.
Speaker B:Hi Lacy.
Speaker B:Thank you for showing up.
Speaker B:And I think it's great that you admit you're hanging on by a thread because I think that normalizes that some days are like that and you just keep doing your best.
Speaker A:I have a couple of draw moments myself.
Speaker A:Do you have anything to share today?
Speaker B:I do.
Speaker B:It's so big, I almost want to.
Speaker B:Well, it's big to me.
Speaker B:I almost want to hold it and listen to yours first.
Speaker B:Delayed gratification is actually part of my joy.
Speaker B:So Lacey, I want you to go first.
Speaker A:I did get two moments, so I'm going to share.
Speaker A:The first One is from AJ on TikTok.
Speaker A:It's says my 2 year old all of a sudden started pronouncing words like trash, trash.
Speaker A:And I want to spell it just to make sure that I got it right.
Speaker A:T R Y a a a S H right?
Speaker A:Trash.
Speaker A:Either way, the joy this brought me because then I also was thinking about in our household, Iris still has a lot of that like little kid sounds.
Speaker A:I mean she's only four so of course it simultaneously tickles me and annoys Isaac.
Speaker A:And so we constantly have this push and pull.
Speaker A:And this morning she was talking to our alx ea and she says, lexa.
Speaker A:She responded okay.
Speaker A:And Isaac giggled next to me and he's like, I love hearing her say that.
Speaker A:And I was just like, oh, what a lovely moment.
Speaker A:Then the next one from Niffy says my special needs 3 year old decided he ready for potty training which let's just talk about how much is there.
Speaker A:Naturally I'm, I'm excited for them.
Speaker A:And then she responded to me being excited for her.
Speaker A:She said, it's been a ride for the past few days.
Speaker A:I can't believe how many times this child has taken a bath.
Speaker A:As a parent, I totally understand.
Speaker A:So then our two joy moment sharers start talking to each other in the comments and it's amazing.
Speaker A:Nif is our special mom needs mom.
Speaker A:AJ is our two year old mom mom.
Speaker A:But then Niffy comes back and says early potty training is rough.
Speaker A:I'm so excited for you.
Speaker A:But when they finally get it, it's so amazing.
Speaker A:And there's just something about moms coming together, validating each other and just being like way to go for where you are.
Speaker A:No matter where it's At.
Speaker A:And no matter where it ends up being, it just made me so happy.
Speaker B:Well, and I love the joy ripple.
Speaker B:You asked for people's joys, and then they ended up joy, like giving joy to one another.
Speaker B:And that just such the definition of the joy, or not definition, but example of the joy ripple.
Speaker B:And now we're getting to hear it.
Speaker B:And I'm remembering, yes, it feels so good to be validated as a parent through these really tough.
Speaker B:It's two steps forward, one step back with potty training.
Speaker B:And so to get that cheering on is so beautiful.
Speaker A:So that was a.
Speaker A:That was a meta joy was joy moment.
Speaker A:Enjoy moment.
Speaker A:Enjoy joy moment.
Speaker A:Right, Sarah, we, the listeners, are on the edge of our seats about your big joy.
Speaker B:You bet your bottom dollar you are.
Speaker B:First I'm gonna go met a joy ripple, which was I mentioned.
Speaker B:My friend had the joy of reflecting about his time.
Speaker B:He got to drink coffee on the beach when he had a bad day, and then he reached out to me when he heard it.
Speaker B:He was riding on the bus and listening to the podcast, catching up.
Speaker B:And then he was like, I just heard my own joy moment.
Speaker B:And I was like, oh, my gosh, your joy moment came back to you.
Speaker B:This is so full circle.
Speaker A:I love that.
Speaker B:So that's my mini one.
Speaker B:Here's my big one.
Speaker B:And I posted this joy in the village.
Speaker B:So Lacy already knows this.
Speaker A:I need to Google, but I haven't Googled.
Speaker B:Okay, so the premise is, I was in an airport two years ago, and I was walking shoulder to shoulder.
Speaker B:We were walking in opposite directions.
Speaker B:I passed this gentleman.
Speaker B:We make eye contact, and I instantly know this man is somebody I've seen on the television screen.
Speaker B:And then there's no more data, there's no more information.
Speaker B:We're walking in two different directions.
Speaker B:There's no way I'm going to turn around and be like, where do I know you from?
Speaker B:So for two years, I have wondered who this person was.
Speaker B:And let me tell you, my Google searches were so pitiful because I couldn't think of enough descriptors to even begin to figure out who this person was.
Speaker B:And here's where the real dopamine buildup for me came.
Speaker B:I never knew if I would find out.
Speaker B:Two years.
Speaker B:Once a week, this guy popped into my head.
Speaker B:I can see him so clearly.
Speaker B:And I just thought, I may live the rest of my life never knowing who that guy was.
Speaker B:But I know I saw him.
Speaker B:So we're sitting on the couch, we're watching 30 Rock, which in and of itself is a joy My son is watching it for the first time.
Speaker B:I'm watching it for the umpteenth time, remembering how much I love this show.
Speaker B:And I cannot tell you how excited I got when they cut to this scene.
Speaker B:So Jack Donaghy goes into his office and his whole family is there.
Speaker B:Within a split second, I pause the show and I start screaming, that's him.
Speaker B:That's him.
Speaker B:Oh, my God, that's him.
Speaker B:And my husband is like, what is happening?
Speaker B:And I said, that's the guy I saw in the airport two years ago.
Speaker B:Oh, my gosh.
Speaker B:And then I. I can't explain the euphoria.
Speaker B:I mean, imagine hearing a riddle that you have been gnawing on for two years, years, never knowing if you're going to get the answer.
Speaker B:So I looked up this guy's name.
Speaker B:His name is Boris McGiver.
Speaker B:And I don't know if I'm spelling that.
Speaker B:I don't know if I'm pronouncing that correctly.
Speaker B:So Boris McGiver.
Speaker B:I saw this guy's face, and I was like, that's the guy I saw in the airport.
Speaker B:It's not where I remember him, though, from.
Speaker B:I have to go through his IMDb.
Speaker B:I remember him from a different movie where he's wearing a black suit.
Speaker B:But anyways, Boris McGiver, the.
Speaker A:Look at you.
Speaker B:I. I gotta tell you, if you can hear a riddle and know that you won't hear the answer until a indeterminate deadline, the dopamine rush is worth it.
Speaker B:And my husband was just in awe at how happy I was.
Speaker B:Okay, so that's my joy was figuring out who the famous person was I saw in the airport.
Speaker B:Oh, and then the reason he was in the airport is because he grew up about an hour away from where I am.
Speaker B:So he must have been visiting family or something, because that's the other thing.
Speaker B:I was like, why is this dude in upstate New York?
Speaker B:Mystery solved, closed case.
Speaker B:Now I secretly want to see somebody else in the airport who I can't identify so I can start this all over again.
Speaker A:Is there an element of, like, now that you've had the joy, like, that adventure is over.
Speaker B:There is a little bit of a letdown.
Speaker B:I mean, as good as it felt.
Speaker B:And now I want a new mystery.
Speaker A:I got to be honest, I looked at him, and I would not have recognized him.
Speaker A:He's been in a lot of stuff, though, so.
Speaker B:Oh, my brain clocked him immediately.
Speaker B:I remember him being in some kind of bar after a funeral.
Speaker B:Again, wearing a black suit with his tie loosened Looking very somber.
Speaker B:Oh, wait.
Speaker B:This is how I'm going to continue it.
Speaker B:It's not done.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:It's not done.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:My next thing is to somehow get into contact with Boris McGiver and let him know about this two year riddle.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:There we go.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:We'll make it a TikTok.
Speaker A:That's our one that will go viral.
Speaker A:Who knows?
Speaker B:I love, I know.
Speaker B:I love when I can get you to laugh like that.
Speaker A:I was reading in a parenting book about how one of the best things that you can do is show your delight in your children.
Speaker A:And like, so the moments that they're delighted let that they delight you, let them know.
Speaker A:And this is one of those moments where I'm like, I'm just delighted by Sarah.
Speaker B:Oh, my gosh.
Speaker B:My heart is so happy.
Speaker A:Feel you.
Speaker A:I hear you as usual.
Speaker A:I'm delighted by you.
Speaker B:I'm delighted by you being delighted by me.
Speaker A:This is a meta, meta, meta inception of joy moments here.
Speaker B:Do you remember the scene on the Good Place where they go to heaven and they're like kind of in this administration post office building and Nicole Byer is.
Speaker B:And they're like, thank you.
Speaker B:No, thank you for thanking me.
Speaker B:Thank you for thanking me for thanking you.
Speaker A:Okay, do you want to do two quick plugs?
Speaker A:Real quick.
Speaker A:Is a Joy Ripple shout out that we got on our website.
Speaker A:Let Louise Tisdall Foundation, Our friend Michelle.
Speaker B:Has a great foundation named after her daughter Colette.
Speaker B:And what's great is, I mean, this is the embodiment of what we're talking about here is she took a really uncomfortable situation in her life and she created a foundation in her daughter's name who her daughter passed away very early in life.
Speaker B:And then she gathers funds and then she used those funds to help families who have children born prematurely in the nicu.
Speaker B:And so she is now taking her time and energy to help those families going through similar situations.
Speaker B:Michelle.
Speaker B:Big shout out to Michelle for all she does donated to our Joy Ripple.
Speaker B:And thank you, Michelle.
Speaker A:Thank you.
Speaker A:Yeah, so you can always do a Joy Ripple to donate to us, but you can also donate to the Colette.
Speaker A:Louise Tizzall.
Speaker A:We've got the link in our show notes and it's a big help to families who are in a moment of crisis.
Speaker A:And I know when it comes to support, that's one of those times where any little support can help.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:Last but not least, we are doing our seven day easy challenge starting September 2nd.
Speaker A:So if you go to joyfulsupportmovement.com 7dayeasy.
Speaker A:You can sign up and it's a program where we literally walk you through how to make life a little bit easier and we want to make life easier and so we'll be doing it with you.
Speaker A:Last time it was really helpful for me.
Speaker A:We hope that you join us especially as the back to school and seasons transition.
Speaker A:It seems like a great time to do it.
Speaker B:And if you have your own joy moment you want to share, please submit.
Speaker B:We want to read your joy moment so it can come back to you and do a full joy Ripple inception.
Speaker A:Thank you for sharing your joy.
Speaker A:Thank you.
Speaker B:Lacey.
