Finding Joy

I feel deeply

good and bad

I am so tenderhearted that my body has physical aches

…as fellow human beings are treated as less than.

I also feel joy deeply.

The late September days have been rainy and chilly.

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Birthdays

I gave birth to my daughter on my brother’s 25^th birthday.

Danny, “A niece! Just what I wanted for my birthday!”

Through the years they enjoyed their joint birthday.

Happy heavenly birthday Danny.

I have wondered if you would like this:

Orange Crush was your favorite soda.

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We’re born to help people

There’s a beautiful quote from the Dalai Lama where he said that we’re born to help people

and if we can’t help them let’s at least not hurt them.

Make a wish…

I wish that everyone felt that way (in the above quote)

I want change for a better country / world.

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What’s good going on?!

Color!

These petunias make me think of the night sky

And they were for a fund raiser for the senior’s activities

These blue flowers (corn flowers?) always make me think

of our deceased neighbor Chris, who gave me

some of his when I commented on the pretty color.

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Joy

Joy:

the little moments that call out to us

this is the first wild iris of the season

Dogs!

Dogs are synonymous with joy

Playing fetch is a silly-serious game!

the softer bits of life

an intense moment of color

making the time to be grateful

for this minute

a good snack

my husband planting pansies

in the container my son gave me

and protecting the flowers from the deer

an interaction with another person –

Matt and Bliss are gentle with each other

Joy is this moment in time as my friend,

who is in treatment for breast cancer is texting me that she is

on her way for chemo and so ‘very thankful

she has my letter to read during it.’

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Service & Joy

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
Rabindranath Tagore

My friend and poet Catherine Coats shared this perfect quote in our writing community this afternoon.

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the shortest day and darkest night

Winter Solace

The enchanted moment, where the ice crystals sparkle in the early morning sunlight, can’t be captured in a photograph and the peacefulness is just as breathtaking. The world is too noisy and busy and moments like this are magical.

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Paris! La Sainte-Chapelle Shakespeare And Company – The Abbey Bookstore

Day 2 of the Tour
April 17

Our tour has officially begun

The Seine River with the Eiffel Tower as we walk around Paris!

La Sainte-Chapelle

Construction began sometime after 1238 and the chapel was consecrated on 26 April 1248. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture.

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