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Musings: Creativity and Cold!

It has been very cold, at least by Florida standards it’s been cold.  Since Christmas Day the thermometer on my sheltered lanai has been registering somewhere between 44F and 48F degrees at about 7.30am.  That’s the latest time that I  usually get out there for my morning quiet time. So there have actually been a couple of mornings that, even bundled up in flannel PJ’s with a warm sweater and my cozy wrap blanket, it was too cold to enjoy my quiet time outside.

I do not “do cold” very well, although if the sun is shining I can . . . → Read More: Musings: Creativity and Cold!

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Joy: Tis the Season

Joy is such a short simple word for such a full and rich and complicated emotion.  How can I describe joy?  It has so many facets and so many ways of manifesting in my life.  It is most certainly an emotion that fills me up, rather like an exquisite meal fills my tummy.

But joy is not tangible.  You can’t see it, except as a reflection in yourself or someone else.  And you certainly can’t touch it, or smell it, or taste it.  And you really can’t hear it unless it is expressed through someone’s words or laughter.  And . . . → Read More: Joy: Tis the Season

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Musings: Kicking the Spiritual Doldrums!

Enough is enough is enough!!  I have been wallowing.  At least I think that’s what I’ve been doing.  As some of my closest friends would say:  get out of yourself; live in the solution, not the problem.

This morning one of my reflections was about joy.  As I read it I realized that even though I have not been wandering around looking like a sour-puss, I have been shutting my soul off from the sunlight of the Spirit.  So, right now, in this very moment, I have made a decision to kick the spiritual doldrums!

The sun is . . . → Read More: Musings: Kicking the Spiritual Doldrums!