Living Open

We are rapidly approaching the end of MONTH 1 of 2014 and this has TRULY been a month of JOY for me.  There were trying times throughout the month, but I can honestly say that being intentional about my joy helped make this month, well JOYOUS! it seemed that my intentional joyous living energized me…

The Pebble in Your Shoe

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.  – Muhammad Ali I was walking my dog a few weeks ago and he loves to go off the “beaten path” on his walk, so it was no surprise when I realized that I had a pebble in my…

Today, I Choose Joy

As I get “older”, the more the things that my the matriarchs in my family told me ring true in my life.  I’m learning valuable lessons during Month 1 of JOY.  It seems that the moment that you declare something in your life,  the test of that declaration is sure to be right around the…

The Pleasure Principle

Since this is the my SELF DECLARED year of UNITY, COMPLETENESS and my number for the year is 12, I’ve decided to dedicate each month this year to a guiding principle.  My Pastor kicked  the year off talking about JOY and our constant need for JOY.  He quoted C.S. Lewis by stating “Joy is the…