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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 yet . . . → Read More: Joy: Tis the Season

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Musings: A Christmas Story

I could begin this posting with an explanation of why I have not written in a while.  I could easily say that it’s because I have been so busy with all the Christmas activities that we tend to get ourselves involved in at this time of the year.  But I have specifically worked at not getting too tangled up in the “Christmas crazies”. 

I have learned not to leave gift shopping to the last minute.  I actually “Christmas shop” throughout the year.  As I visit different places I try to find interesting items for special friends or family members.  . . . → Read More: Musings: A Christmas Story

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Musings: Living Life (Lost Treasures)

Today I was clearing out the small cabinet and drawer in my computer desk (a job long overdue!), and I came across some old files.  All of you pack-rats out there will relate when I tell you there were all kinds of things stuffed in the files.  Much of it needed to be purged but, as often happens with me, I found some real treasures.

Among the papers, many of them somewhat yellowed from age, I found several quotations that I had written down and saved.  The two that I will share with you today talk about the same thing, . . . → Read More: Musings: Living Life (Lost Treasures)