Duty to delight

I have laminated this Examen Prayer Card and keep it with my daily writing journal (the paper one). Many days I think perhaps I don't have time for it. I often must humble myself and admit: Yes, I do need to take time to go through this.

The first step is "Ask God for light: I want to look at my day with God's eyes, not merely my own." 

Hmm. I don't know that this is intended to be difficult, but sometimes.... it can be a chore. What does God see? What does he want me to see?

I'm just about through Gregory Boyle's 'Tattoos on the Heart', and on p. 148 he says this:

Dorothy Day loved to quote Ruskin, who urged us all to the "Duty to Delight." It was an admonition, really, to be watchful for the hilarious and the heartwarming, the silly and the sublime. This way will not pass again, and so there is a duty to be mindful of that which delights and keeps joy at the center, distilled from all that happens to us in a day.

Of course I can't be sure, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if that's how God is (and/or wants us to). 

I don't know why joy is so difficult for me. I would like to be joyful, to laugh and be silly... I just tend to forget. Or I get caught up in everything else. So, I am thankful for the question, and am trying to be more mindful of keeping delight and joy at the center (or at least somewhere in the picture at some point in my day).