"A single skip for joy"

I recently watched a movie called "Dedication", mainly because of Mandy Moore, and at the end of the movie a character stated that "Life is a single skip for joy".

I've read plenty of interpretations of the quote, all of which were good, but as profound as they were, I was still a little confused. And I don't like being confused for some reason. It seems like I would like to rather be right or wrong in a situation than confused. But I don't think that I'm alone in feeling this way, this urge to make sense out of my own confusion, because there is nothing more motivating than finding an answer.

Life is crazy, and because we live in a very diverse world, each one of us experiences life very differently. Yet even though none of us lived life exactly like how another person lived their life, I'm told plenty of times that whatever I do in life someone probably has already done or started. Ironically, many of times people can find common experiences, and for special few, someone who "understands".

Regardless, "Life is a single skip for joy". In such a short quote, there are many points. The word "single" could be a pun. I love puns, the ambiguity stirs multiple perspectives and double, triple...meanings. On this earth, we all only get one single life to live. Used as an adjective and in context, "single skip" could mean that we only have one skip, for joy. One skip...One opportunity.

Maybe the quote is saying that in life, we only get one opportunity to pursue joy. I'm putting my hands down, usually second opportunities are hard to come by. Not all of us get second chances...not all of us get re-dos. Why are we in skip, or "skipping" though? For joy - I used "in skip" better to describe our action because I could say that really, we are all, in context of the quote, skipping, but skipping could mean more than one skip, but you know, how often do we get more than one skip...

Since we know where we are in skip to joy, what exactly are we skipping from? The ground. A place I know firmly by being rock bottom, being down-and-out. What are we down on, the ground of course, the bottom that holds us up. And Up is where my joy is, so thank God I am in skip. Wait, why are we skipping anyways? Such a powerful verb...effective I believe in the quote. Skipping is usually faster than jumping, more of, jumping at a brisk pace. I think this fits perfectly in context. Opportunities come at us in single fashions, and we better jump on that single skip fast...we better skip to those opportunities before it's to late.

Another point, the use of the verb skip gives me the connotation that in life anything is possible, conquerable. If it had used other verbs..jump or leap or jettison..they give me the feeling that the obstacle is huge and amounts to excessive needs of force to jump over the obstacle. Although more brisk than jumping, skipping may not be as physically demanding as a huge jump or leap, therefore in skip we conquer life and all the obstacles life brings because in life anything is possible and conquerable. Especially when we are in skip to joy.

Joy. A noun, it is a state of being, a place. I'm tired of people looking for happiness, always in the pursuit of happiness, because I am happy many times, but it would be a lie to say I have been in joy for even just once. I hope I'm using the semantics correctly. Because joy is a constant place of being...like Heaven is a constant place. I learned the difference one time driving. I always seems to pass by plenty of times to work a billboard that displays random messages of hope to the community. The billboard is run by the community church, and the insights I receive are priceless in fuel to a growing wisdom.

"Life is a single skip for joy". Sometimes, when we miss the little things, short things, simple things, we don't get to really understand that they mean so much, and are so beautiful.