Sharing Our Joy

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Treasures In the Garden

How about adding some joy to life,embracing the 

little things we sometimes forget to find enjoyment in.....

Make a life that sizzles and pops and makes us laugh

out loud. We don't want to get to the end, or even to 

tomorrow, and realise that our life is a collection of

meetings, washing clothes, errands, receipts, dirty dishes,

and making beds.

We need to savour everything we eat, sing out loud in the car 

with the windows down, wear colourful shoes, stay up all night 

laughing,and paint the wall the exact same colour as the sky on 

a nice clear day.

Sleep on nice clean sheets,

Throw parties and share our joy,

Read books that are so good they make us sad when they end.

Make everyday day, such that it makes God belly laugh,

Glad that He gave life to us and we love

 the wondrous gift He has given us, SO much.  

My word for today is "JOY!"

I choose to live each with a heart filled with joy and love.

Yesterday Is Gone

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Yesterday can't be brought back

No changes can be made.......

I am told:

Time is like a river.

 We cannot touch the water twice,

because the flow of the river flow,

that has passed

will never flow this way again.

 Enjoy every moment of this life

....... think carefully on every word we say, every action we take,

 for we can't go back and change any hurts we have caused.

My word for today is :"YESTERDAY"

 I am sorry for any past hurts  I caused.

 I would go back and change any hurts; but I can't. 

 I can only say "I'm sorry!"

A waking thought

 

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Beginning each new day with happy and inspiring thoughts...........

When we wake each day

think of what a privilege

it is to be alive,

to take a breath,

to think and be mindful,

to enjoy living,

to LOVE.......

and be Loved!

........can only lead to positive outcomes!

 

My word for today is "LOVE!"

 

 

 

Remembering the journey

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Reminding myself.......

 

Life is a journey
Enjoy it slowly.

.......that the journey through life is not a race, and can be a time to be enjoyed at a more leisurely pace.

My word for today is "Enjoy"!

celebrating the Journey through life

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Enjoying the journey

Live each day of your life
 as if you are climbing a
mountain.

An occasional glance
toward the summit
 keeps your goal in mind.
But many beautiful scenes
 can be observed  from each 
 new vantage point.

Climb ever so slowly,
climb steadily,
 enjoy each passing moment.
The view from the summit
will be a fitting climax 
for your arduous journey. 
                  Harold V. Melchert
 

More of those please!

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More days of feeling good.... 

If you look back on a day
When you have felt completely satisfied,
 you will find that it will not be a day when
you have done nothing. 
Instead it will be a day when you have had
loads to do and contend with, and got it all done!

Well Done!

How good would that be?

Compliment yourself....

A Job well done

Some rainbow lorikeets decided to visit- such great chatter
boxes and such flighty natures. 

     From My Garden

I find that it is much easier to do a good job while I am doing things, rather than do a shoddy one and have to fix it later.
I think that is called having pride in one's achievements.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
 I still have 100% of my life left to live.





My Mum used to say 'if something is worth doing, it's worth doing properly'. And for someone who was never going to be like her Mother, I've done a good job at looking like her in "my living longer" years and living up to lots of her sayings, which I am very good at quoting I must say.

And I'm always saying  'why spend all that time doing something the wrong way when you can spend the same amount of time doing it the right way!'

 A story I love to tell is that one of our kids would be asked to tidy up his room.... and he would - and his room would be spotless. And a week or so later I would go right into his room to put away folded clothes, or some such thing, and all the tidy would be stacked up behind his chest of drawers where I couldn't see it from the doorway. And he would have been given praise for a job well done. How long it must have taken him to stack that mess there when it could have taken the same amount of time to put the things where they went.
Gives us all a good laugh now he is grown up and hopefully knows the value of time.
Another of my sayings is " the time wasted, is life wasted. We can't get it back.'

Today was church day- Father Dan's last day. Father John will be back from his travel to Vietnam.
Father Dan spoke about how we can spend some time with God each day. He gave us 3 suggestions:
1. To look in every day life at the good things we have in our life, to look for the good in people.
2. To spend 5 minutes reading the word. To listen to what God is trying to tell us through the Word. Quite often that is explained in the weekly sermon.
3. And to spend some time in prayer or spiritual mediatation.
 And I thought, how easy is that!

I'm with God when I listen to people talk and hear the goodness in there living.
I am at church and I am with other good people listening to the Word and understanding God's message to me.
I am at home peeling the potatoes and can pray for my sick friend, or a thank you prayer for a good day or the sunshine or a great family.

So I can spend time with God no matter what I am doing. How wonderful!

I have completed my project part of the day doing my most favourite gardening chore - pruning. I can't wait for the new leaves to start sprouting once spring is here. That is my reward for the time I spend in the garden. 
I hope your day has been as happy as mine and that you too did your most favourite thing today.C

I know that if I am to participate in the game of life I really must appreciate each very special moment of it.

new Experiences

Outside the Eiffel Tower restaurant

With Yeoman Of the guard, Phil, at London Tower   

 On the steps of St.Paul's Cathedral  

  

     From My Travels

Today is the first day of the rest of my life

I have 1005 of the rest of my life to live.


Well, what an exciting time we have had so far.
Arrive in London Saturday lunch,Saturday night. travelled by tube underground to 
"The Lion King"- fabulous show.
Tour of London Sunday- tower of London- crown jewels, changing of the guard at Buck Palace , Her Majesty's Life guards, St, Paul's Cathedral,a boat ride on the river Thames, a ride on the London Eye. Fish and chips for lunch,Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Tower Bridge. Sore legs that day.
Tour of Paris Monday, Lunch at the Eiffel Tower, a ride in the Euro Star under the English Channel- 21/2 hour trip each way,Notre Dame', the Louvre' to visit Mona and Venus- absolutely huge place.
Today,Tuesday, on tour to Hampton Court, Oxford, Stratford - on- Avon, and st
Loads of rain other than in Paris where it was sunny,
We are being positive and looking forward to sunshine ... tomorrow.The place is just so green.
This not my usual blog, A long way from my garden. Took some lovely photos of roses at Hampton Court. Roses grow really well here.

 This has been a fabulous experience so far, I have learned so much. The world is a wonderful exciting place. People are very exciting and nice. History is such an exciting place to be part of. I'm so lucky to have this wonderful chance to enjoy other cultures. 

Thank you world for sharing your wonders with me.C                            

Living the rest of life....

"Toady"- a present from my kids - a long time ago.
Beauty in his "ugliness"!

From My Garden

For the rest of my life:
Especially I will be unafraid
to enjoy what is beautiful in each day.
I will believe, that as I give to the world
the world will give to me.
 
And.... I have 100% of the rest of my life to live.....
 a lovely long to live by this code.

Improving the mind and talent

Welcome to my home

                                       From My Garden

                                                    Just for today I will improve my mind.
                                                     I will learn something new  that requires
                                                     effort, thought and concentration and
                                                            a little bit of a challenge.