Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize__ blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, and our own two eyes. All is a miracle!!! Happy sky watch! Hope too see you @ corner too...
Your post made me giggle so therefore I must've found some joy here, that's for sure! =) Great post! Have an enjoyable weekend! ~Michele~ Mountain Retreat- Canada
No, I don't get it, but I'm not a sports fan. But I do love the colors of the amazing sky. Lovely. Come see the rainbow I've posted for SWF if you have time. And I like the post about your Dad. Hope he recovers.
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
25 comments:
Marcia: What an unusual sky over the goalpost. I dropped you an E-mail about a link.
A goal: laugh
#22: even at myself.
Good.
Thank for share those ways to find joy.
A beautiful photo for skywatch! I enjoyed your blog :)
BEAUTIFUL PHOTO!!
I love the variety of clouds you've captured in your photo. I'll admit I didn't *get it* for a few seconds. Very clever. :)
Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize__ blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, and our own two eyes. All is a miracle!!! Happy sky watch! Hope too see you @ corner too...
Lovely sky and I love the goal of laughing every day even if it's at yourself. I laugh at myself ALOT.
Your post made me giggle so therefore I must've found some joy here, that's for sure! =)
Great post!
Have an enjoyable weekend!
~Michele~
Mountain Retreat- Canada
I dont get it. But beautiful pic.
lovely photo,
Gill in Canada
The subtly-coloured skies over your peninsula are lovely!
Unusual kind of sky but it makes a beautiful photo!!! Mine is up HERE. Hope to see you there! Happy SWF!~
That's gorgeous, Marcia! God bless, dear skywatcher woman.
Marcia: Thanks for adding the bar, that did the trick.
Good one, Marcia. It made me giggle.
Marcia - Cute picture! and a fun reference to your blog title!
We send our love from Mexico and hope your family is doing well and that you cheered enough for our family too at the BYU game! :o)
I like the picture a lot! (and yes, I did get it!)
BTW: I love your 50 simple ways to find joy. What a great idea! I, seriously, absolutely love it! :)
Clever! And the sky is nice, too!
Oh yes you are creative...happy weekend.
What a great shot!
Good job! Score!
No, I don't get it, but I'm not a sports fan. But I do love the colors of the amazing sky. Lovely. Come see the rainbow I've posted for SWF if you have time. And I like the post about your Dad. Hope he recovers.
I think I got it. :-) Still, I was busy looking at that sky.
:-D
GOAL! Great marcia! I love it! the puzzle and the beautiful photo! Happy Skywatch!
A wonderful goal it is!
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