"Celebrate what you want to see more of." – Tom Peters
"There is a way of living, a way of harmonizing and hitting a balance point, a converging of a thousand balance points and voices, layering together, twisting together, and there are moments, when it all clicks into place just for a split second--God and marriage and forgiveness and something deep inside that feels like peace--and [...]
"By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer." -Helen Hunt Jackson 2: Bus rides and card games with family. 6: The quiet after your guests leave for the evening. 10: Sitting at the point, the wind whipping off the water and through the pines. [...]
For the past few months, I’ve been writing down something I’m grateful for each day- a little glimpse of joy in my everyday life. This summer has been a heavy one, but even in that, perhaps more so because of it, these little moments of joy have been important to remember and record. Here are [...]
Last week I shared about Lewis’ concept of joy: “a longing for the ineffable, something so otherworldly that even our desire for it seems alien: ‘It is… an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.’” (Whitesell, 2013) This type of joy hits you when you least expect it, it’s beyond your [...]
"I believe in a life of celebration." -Shauna Niequist July is a favorite month for me every year. Why do you ask? It's birthday month! And it didn't disappoint. Here are a few moments of joy I'm grateful for from July. Grandpa getting soaked on the Lake Minnetonka pontoon ride Taking in a beautiful view [...]
This month, I started recording the little glimpses of joy in my everyday life: moments of gratitude, beauty and peace. Here’s how God’s sprinkled grace into my life this month. Isn’t it crazy how it’s often the quiet, simple moments that matter the most? I don’t want to take any of them for granted. Being [...]
GLIMPSES OF JOY 