This post is the second part of a post on Choosing Joy. See Choosing Joy Part 1 if you missed it. How Do You Listen to Joy? I was surprised that at first I wasn’t good at instinctively choosing joy. When I listened to my thoughts and did something that Read more…
I am not a patient person by nature. In fact, early in our relationship, my husband gave me the gift of a notepad with a drawing of two vultures sitting on a branch one of them saying to the other, “Patience my ass, I’m going out to kill something.” Every Read more…
Yesterday was day 10 of my 30 day gratitude practice and the first day of this gratitude cycle when I found it difficult to feel gratitude. With the early advent of winter that came with snow and an arctic blast I lost my gratitude for a while and wallowed in Read more…
This morning I went for a walk in the neighborhood with my camera. Even though I’ve walked these paths countless times, each time I walk them I experience and see new beauty in ordinary things. “What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of Read more…
I have been dancing with beauty for several years now. When I first fell in love with photography I started noticing beauty wherever I went, sometimes in the most unexpected places. For me noticing beauty, chasing beauty, and being chased by beauty are the things that make my heart dance. Read more…