Word of the week - Joyeux

Do you ever wake up with a word in your head? Last week it was "Yod." Which is strange because:
A. I am not Jewish
B. I do not speak Hebrew well.
C. I have neither studied nor casually read anything on Judaism/Judaica in many (5+) years.
D. It is difficult word to say as a mantra. You can just say it and then contemplate its meaning. Just saying it signifies the end of the word. The "d" stops you - very frustrating for someone who likes words to flow into each other until breath is gone.

So it is with a great sense of relief that the word in no longer my weekly mantra.

And, I'm posting it late, but this week's word was "joyeux." It will probably continue for the next week as well, since I can't get it out of my mind.
This is why I love this word so: In french, it means happy, happiness, state of being happy depending on the modifiers it is used with. Now, I neither speak nor claim to know french - but whenever I think this word I always think "joyeux de les yeux" which probably means nothing. Except, of course "les yeux" means "the eyes." So I always think joy come from the eyes. See and being overtaken by beauty; expressing Ecstasy through the eyes...