{"id":892,"date":"2010-01-28T15:40:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/01\/jd-salinger-on-happiness.html"},"modified":"2010-01-28T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:40:05","slug":"jd-salinger-on-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/01\/jd-salinger-on-happiness.html","title":{"rendered":"J.D. Salinger on Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/salingercatcher.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"salingercatcher.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/01\/salingercatcher-thumb-222x368-11104.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"368\" width=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/span>In memory of J.D. Salinger, the &#8220;Catcher in the Rye&#8221; author who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/01\/28\/j-d-salinger-dead-catcher_n_440500.html\" target=\"_blank\">died today at age 91<\/a>, a quote of his that my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedtastyharvest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">April<\/a> just reminded me of:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy is a liquid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, J.D., you wonderful reclusive genius, for giving us something to chew on even as we say goodbye to you.<\/p>\n<p>R.I.P.<\/p>\n<p>(image via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/ideas\/brainiac\/2008\/05\/the_new_gods_19.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.boston.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like what you see? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In memory of J.D. Salinger, the &#8220;Catcher in the Rye&#8221; author who died today at age 91, a quote of his that my friend April just reminded me of: &#8220;The most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy is a liquid.&#8221; Thanks, J.D., you wonderful reclusive genius, for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-holly-lebowitz-rossi","category-current-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>J.D. 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