Tag Archives: Joy

While some women seem to manage stress levels well and outwardly, some, indeed, struggle greatly. We are not designed to cope with high levels of …

The road to building self-confidence does not offer a simple, straight trip. Instead, it is a winding lifelong path that brings us to experience many …

Unfortunately, we live in a world that isn’t always kind. It can even feel like there is some type of vendetta against us, as we …

Whether you are running a business, a house, a family, or just getting through one day to the next, achieving goals is important. Though we …

Do you ever get to the end of your day, week, month, and year and wonder where the time went? I’m pretty sure most of …

Finding happiness and staying healthy has many facets. First of all, you have a body, mind, and spirit to consider while trying to build a …

Understand, as we get older, joy and motivation can become stale or even non-existent. Though this can happen for many reasons, one possible connection is …

Often life can be a non-stop hamster wheel of things to do. Taking the kids to school or extracurricular clubs, work, errands, and the list …

We’re often told that doing for other people is a wonderful thing. Some even say it makes you a better person. Though there is certainly some …

Think of how you feel, walking down the street and a stranger smiles at you. You instantly know if it’s sincere or if it’s just …

A few days ago, while raking leaves, my cat loved attacking the rake. I laughed at the amount of joy that Mageara gained from this menial task I needed to finish. I enjoyed the task more because she did. Just as I began to pull in another pile of leaves and the cat jumped at the rake, I took delight in something else! I uncovered little white daisies. They were in full bloom, smiling up at me as if they had the secret to life. I laughed out loud at such a weird find in late fall. And then, of course, I took a picture! Several thoughts came to mind, which I want to share with you.

Delight in each day! There is something that is going to happen today that should be celebrated. You woke up. Maybe you were able to witness the sunrise? Even if you did not see it, it happened and it was a magnificent painting of wonderment. Even if nothing out of the ordinary happens all day long there is going to be thousands of stars shining brightly down on you tonight asking you in a twinkle, "What will you do tomorrow?" "Which star will you wish on tonight"? "What will you be celebrating tomorrow?"

In our lives today, we’re so rushed with everything there is to do, both personally and professionally, we have no idea whether we’re happy or not. Our lives tend to be about the next thing on the “to-do” list, or the next appointment we have, or the next thing in our over-scheduled lives. It’s hard to just stop for moment. Breathe for a moment. Think for a moment. And that’s exactly what stops us from seeing the happiness and the joy there is around us to be had at any given moment in the day.

I sat on the couch the other night, beside me was the constant pile of books to indulge in, but I didn’t think I was in the mood for reading. The TV was on, though nothing much was on it, and I had my staple cup of green tea. Deciding to have a squiz at one of the books anyway, I flicked a few pages, came across something I thought to be interesting and off I went.

I started the day much to early for a blogger and with a hellacious headache. Then while checking my stats, my email, and my comments, I was lead to A Bit of Happy.