....from some of you.
I've gotten some thoughtful quotes and images from some of you...and I always like to share them forward. So here are some of your nuggets of joy that have been showing up on my screens that brought me some hope.
This was a fun Valentine's Day message from Anne....
....and so very clever!
Love AND Peace!
Yes please.
I love the notion of "wide sight" and "soft eyes."
And her husband David send mt this photo of Becky making a snow angel.
And a few weeks ago Dotty shared some forsythia branches she forced...infusing a little spring into the winter.
When we were there...and I took a photo of the same view of their winter garden space in the evening light. Pure magic!
Margaret Y. created this beautiful page in her morning journal earlier this week.
"Don't get fixated on the direct threats. Instead, remind yourself to look toward the edges of your field of vision. What's there? What not immediately obvious? Is there something on the periphery that is helpful, healing or hopeful?" Diana Butler
Yes!
I loved this quote on a recent post (no name was given)....and I thought it was worth sharing here.
Today as we face the challenges of the world, I urge you to remember that hope is not lost. Cling to it fiercely, with every fiber of your being. It's easy to be consumed by the darkness, and feel small in the face of adversity. but you are not small. You are powerful, strong, and capable of rising to be your best welf. You can find strength in your faith, in your truth, and in the light that shines within you. The world needs that light more than ever. It needs you. Take a moment to reflect on who you are, what you believe in, and what your stand for. Hold onto to hope, stay true to yourself, and never let anyone bury your story. Your voice matters and your story needs to be heard. Today, I implore you to be that light, to shine brightly amid the darkness and never give up on the hope that lives within you. Don't' let them busy our stories. The quote is from Don't Let them Bury My story by Viola Fletcher
And Becky sent me this Instagram Masterclass video...here's the message:
With all the darkness that's going on in the world, you can look at the darkness. Don't stare. It will make you crazy. It will make you cross eyed. It will make you what IT is. The solution is to create magic, dance, sing, love, create environments where you can find joy. Because you can create joy.
It seems she is creating a little magic as she dances in the snow!
Tracie sent these photos a week or so ago. Her husband Loon was on a skiing trip and paused to notice this remarkable tree! (pun intended Tracie 😉)
Roseanne created this incredible art piece of some of the special doors in her life.
I just love it...and so glad she shared it with me.
Here are a couple of Alyson's photo montages. She loves photographing the snow.
And a few weeks ago Dotty shared some forsythia branches she forced...infusing a little spring into the winter.
That prompted me to put a few on my window sill...but they haven't opened up yet.
Thank you everyone for sharing your hope and joy with me!
And finally....my wabi-sabi amaryllis photo of the day:
What fun to see my forsythia on display in your post!!!
ReplyDeleteI want to add to the collection of joy nuggets with the following lines from a novel by Reeve Lindbergh, entitled The Names of the Mountains:
"Then one day my grandmother leaned over as I sat next to her, and whispered to me. She said that if I let two lumps of sugar dissolve in the hot water, and then put in two slices of lemon, and pressed the lemon slices hard with my spoon, I would like my tea much better. Here -- she would show me. And she then took up the sugar tongs with her hand, and took with them not two but three sugar lumps, and as many golden slices of lemon, and she put all this in my cup and pressed the lemon and smiled right at me. Go ahead! Try it! So I did, very carefully, with the tip of my tongue at first. Then she watched me to be sure I discovered she was right, and when I nodded, shyly she looked at me with such a message of enjoyment that I could not miss it: You see? Life is not as fearsome as you think. You simply have to put the right things in it."
You are a Master at putting the right things in it, MaryAnn—these JOY NUGGETS are fabulous!
Maybe life is not a fearsome as we think if we just keep spreading around joy nuggets. Thank you for this sweet story Dotty!
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